Fastmarkets launches MB-IRO-0193 Iron ore 62% Australia-origin lump ore premium, cfr Qingdao, US cents/dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) on Tuesday October 21.

Fastmarkets will adjust the base brands of its MB-MNO-0001 manganese ore high grade index, cif Tianjin, and its MB-MNO-0005 manganese ore high grade port index, fot Tianjin, on Saturday November 1, to better reflect the bulk of ore traded in today’s market and is clarifying how the index is formed. Fastmarkets’ MB-MNO-0001 manganese ore high grade index […]

The publication of Fastmarkets’ flat steel reduced carbon emissions, daily inferred, exw China, yuan/tonne assessment for Friday October 10 was delayed because of a procedural lapse. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

Due to “a lapse in federal funding,” US Census Bureau trade data will not be updated until after the government shutdown is resolved, the US Census Bureau website said on Tuesday October 7. Fastmarkets typically publishes ferrous, non-ferrous scrap and raw material data after it is released, within the first 10 days of each calendar […]

The publication of Fastmarkets’ steel slab import, cfr Southeast Asia/East Asia, assessment for Monday October 6 was delayed because of a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated. The following assessment was published late: MB-STE-0140, steel slab import, cfr Southeast Asia/East Asia, $/tonne [LINK] This price are a part of the Fastmarkets steel package. […]

Fastmarkets will publish a one-time differential after 5.30pm Singapore time on Friday October 31, that may be used to adjust the 65% Fe iron ore fines derivative and other contracts which settle against its iron ore 65% Fe Brazil-origin fines, cfr Qingdao, $/tonne (MB-IRO-0009) on the Singapore Exchange.

Fastmarkets proposes to include additional EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) costs in its benchmark aluminium P1020A premium fca dp premium assessments for Italy (MB-AL-0316), and Spain (MB-AL-0319) from January 1, 2026, when the definitive period of the EU’s CBAM is set to begin. The MB-AL-0316 aluminium P1020A premium fca dp Italy and MB-AL-0319 aluminium P1020A premium fca dp […]

After an extended consultation, which closed on Friday September 27, Fastmarkets has amended the base Fe specification and changed the names of its iron ore 62% Fe fines, fot Qingdao indices, changing the names to “iron ore 61% Fe”. The new specifications would be as follows, with amendments in italics: MB-IRO-0011 Iron ore 61% Fe fines, fot […]

Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-CU-0287 copper concentrates TC index, cif Asia Pacific, which was published incorrectly on Friday September 26 due to an error in the approval process. The rationale for MB-CU-0287 copper concentrates TC index, cif Asia Pacific, had erroneously stated that a bid had been reported in negative territory at around the […]

The price and laycan of a fixed-price Pilbara Blend fines transaction concluded on a public platform were erroneously recorded in the trade log in these indices’ rationale. The trade log entry has been corrected as follows:Rio Tinto, Beijing Iron Trading Center (COREX), 170,000 tonnes of 61% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, traded at $103.70 per tonne, […]