Fastmarkets proposes to launch weekly price assessments for black mass payable indicators, delivered South Korea, to provide insight to Asia’s burgeoning battery recycling sector.

Fastmarkets proposes to reduce the frequency of its China steel billet import price assessment.

Fastmarkets is proposing a realignment of its consumer buying price for ferrous scrap No1 bundles in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, effective from the May 2023 monthly settlement.

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

Industry feedback showed support for changes to Canadian plywood, industrial lumber, and tweaks to related footnotes. Changes to the price guide will go into effect in early May.

BRUSSELS (Fastmarkets RISI) – Following a consultation period that began December 15, 2022, and ended on January 22, 2023, Fastmarkets has discontinued Russian containerboard price assessments. Russia Containerboard and Russia Containerboard Euro per tonne: 1337 Unbleached kraftliner, 125-g, Russia, RUB/tonne 1338 White-top kraftliner, 125-g, Russia, RUB/tonne 1339 Testliner 2, 125-g, Russia, RUB/tonne 1340 Semi-chemical fluting, […]

Fastmarkets has amended the index specifications and publication frequency of its MB-IRO-0013 index for iron ore 66% Fe concentrate, cfr Qingdao, $/tonne and has launched a standalone premium index.

Fastmarkets proposes to amend the base specifications of its iron ore 65% Fe Brazil-origin fines index to more closely align with specifications of Brazilian high-grade fines.

The publication of Fastmarkets' manganese ore seaborne indices for Friday March 31 was delayed due to inputting errors in the data submission process.

As of May 9, 2023, Fastmarkets will improve the foreign exchange (FX) spot rates published on the Fastmarkets Dashboard and in the Scrap Settlement PDF.