Fastmarkets RISI invited feedback from the industry for the pricing of a new 50- to 70-lb unbleached grocery bag paper grade and for a name change for 30-lb unbleached kraft paper to unbleached converting kraft paper in North America. The open consultation process was between Sept. 8 and Oct. 6, 2023. No feedback was received during the consultation period, and the addition of the new price line and change in name of another will be incorporated in the Price Watch starting with the Nov. 17 issue of Fastmarkets’ PPI Pulp & Paper Week and in Fastmarkets’ online price platform.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on its pricing methodology and product specifications for non-ferrous materials and industrial minerals, as part of its announced annual methodology review process.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the methodology for its audited non-ferrous price assessments and indices, as part of its announced annual methodology review process.

Fastmarkets has corrected its Nonwovens Markets PriceWatch which were published incorrectly on Sept. 4, 2023 as September instead of August, and on Oct. 4 were incorrectly reported as October instead of September.

Fastmarkets wishes to clarify details around the following aspects of the pricing calendar for battery and technical grade lithium prices on a CIF China, Japan and Korea basis.

This price is scheduled for publication at 6pm Singapore time, twice-weekly, but was published four hours late.

The publication of Fastmarkets’ EU, UK stainless steel scrap prices was delayed because of a technical error on Friday September 29.

Fastmarkets RISI invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for North American recovered paper, via an open consultation process between Aug. 8 and Sept. 1, 2023. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process. No feedback was received during the consultation period and therefore no changes will be made to the methodologies at this stage.

Fastmarkets will calculate its index for MB-IRO-0009 iron ore 65% Fe Brazil-origin fines, cfr Qingdao, $/tonne to two decimal places from October 2, instead of one decimal place, which is done currently.

Fastmarkets proposes to launch a cobalt mixed hydroxide precipitate payable indicator, % cobalt metal standard grade in-whs Rotterdam, CIF China, Japan, and South Korea and cobalt mixed hydroxide precipitate, outright price, CIF China, Japan, and South Korea, $/tonne.