Fastmarkets' monthly Shanghai bonded zinc stock data scheduled for Friday September 30 was updated on Monday October 10 instead due to delays in publishing during the recent public holiday in China.

Following a consultation period and market feedback, Fastmarkets has realigned its dealer selling price for turnings in Houston, effective from the October 2022 monthly settlement.

Fastmarkets is proposing to adjust its weekly all-in assessment price for steel hot-dipped galvanized coil, following an amendment to the included zinc coating extras effective Thursday October 6.

Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue the converted price assessments for the following markets:

Fastmarkets has discontinued the following converted price assessments:

Fastmarkets is proposing to amend the index specifications of its 62% Fe iron ore port index to more closely reflect the chemical composition of mainstream mid-grade ores produced from Australia’s Pilbara region.

Fastmarkets has amended the specifications for the weekly all-in assessment price for steel hot-dipped galvanized coil to clarify the included zinc coating extras and publish a non-market adjustment to reflect this extra.

The consultation, which is open until October 28, 2022, seeks to ensure that our audited methodologies and price specifications continue to reflect the physical markets for alumina, aluminium, cobalt, copper, lithium and manganese ore, in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes all elements of our pricing process, our price specifications and publication frequency.

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

Fastmarkets wishes to clarify in this pricing notice its current methodological approach to Russian brands in its metals and mining pricing assessment process after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.