Fastmarkets decided to change the publication time of the weekly assessment of Mexican ferrous scrap prices on Tuesdays to “between 2pm and 3pm New York time” from “by 2pm New York time."

After assessing a high volume of market feedback, Fastmarkets is extending by one week the consultation period for its proposal to launch black mass payables indicators in the South Korean market.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for its FOB US mill price assessments for steel cold-rolled coil, hot-dipped galvanized coil and cut-to-length plate, as part of its annual methodology review process.

Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue its consumer buying prices for machine shop turnings in the Cleveland and Pittsburgh markets due to a lack of liquidity.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for its steel scrap HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix) US material import, cfr main port Taiwan price assessment, as part of its annual methodology review process.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for its Northern Europe domestic HRC Index (MB-STE-0028 ) and steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US, $/cwt (MB-STE-0184) as part of its annual methodology review process.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for its pig iron import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US, $/tonne (MB-IRO-0004) as part of its annual methodology review process.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for its index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), North Europe origin, cfr Turkey (MB-STE-0416), and its index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), US origin, cfr Turkey (MB-STE-0417), as part of its annual methodology review process.

After a 30-day consultation, Fastmarkets will amend the frequency of its price assessment for China steel billet imports from weekly to fortnightly due to the low liquidity observed in the import market.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for the cobalt hydroxide inferred price as part of its announced annual methodology review process.