Fastmarkets opened a consultation on September 4, 2020, inviting feedback on its non-ferrous methodology in line with our annual methodology review process.

Fastmarkets RISI invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for European paper and board assessments via an open consultation process between June 5 and July 3, 2020. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process. No feedback was received during the consultation period. This consultation sought to ensure […]

After market feedback, Fastmarkets MB is extending the consultation period for the proposed amendment to its cobalt hydroxide payable indicator and index.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for its steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US, as part of its annual methodology review process and compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for price reporting agencies.

Fastmarkets RISI is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for North American Packaging Paper and Board and North American Recovered Paper, as part of its announced annual methodology review process. This consultation, which is open until Apr. 24, 2020, seeks to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under […]

As part of our ongoing rationalization of Asian market coverage, Fastmarkets RISI is proposing to make the following changes to its methodology for China pulp and paper assessments. Currently, assessments of China domestic pulp, China recovered paper and East China paper and board are based on prices provided by UM Paper. Going forward, this collaboration […]

From Monday February 3, 2020, Fastmarkets will publish its price assessments for standard and alloy-grade cobalt, in-whs Rotterdam, on a daily basis.

Fastmarkets FOEX is unifying its methodology and policies for all PIX indices to comply with Fastmarkets’ internal guidelines and the IOSCO principles. Along with this development, some index data collection criteria will not fully fulfil these policy requirements. Fastmarkets FOEX is considering the following changes to its PIX Pellet Continental Index: Discontinue the PIX Pellet […]

Fastmarkets FOEX is unifying its methodology and policies for all PIX indices to comply with Fastmarkets’ internal guidelines and the IOSCO principles. Along with this development, some index collection criteria will not fully fulfil these policy requirements. Fastmarkets FOEX is considering the following changes to its PIX Woodchip indices: Discontinue the PIX Hardwood Chip Asia […]

Fastmarkets is extending by one week to December 4 its proposal to increase the frequency of the normalization price data for its seaborne manganese ore indices to monthly from quarterly; and to change the payment terms.