Fastmarkets proposes to amend the frequency of its China import steel scrap indices to weekly from twice a week currently.

Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue its biweekly imported steel plate price assessment due to market illiquidity.

After a one month consultation, Fastmarkets confirms that, from 2023, it will no longer roll over its price assessments for minor metals, ores, alloys or industrial minerals when these are scheduled to be made on days that fall on public holidays in the country in which the price is assessed, or in which a price is based.

Fastmarkets today launches a prevailing contract price assessment for spodumene min 6% Li2O on a cif China basis.

The Fastmarkets LME Nickel March Average has been skewed by the suspension of the market followed by the disrupted Officials published for the 8-21st March and the 23rd March. Please see the LME Notice 22/064 Nickel Market Update Resumption of Trading, paragraph 24 in regard to Averages methodology in the event of a disrupted Official. […]

The publication of Fastmarkets’ twice-weekly index for India shredded steel scrap imports was delayed on Tuesday March 22 because of an internal error.

Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue prices of Brazilian Uncoated Woodfree Imported Offset Sheets, 75 g/m2. Brazilian imports of uncoated woodfree suffered from a steep decline over the past year. Fastmarkets understands that current market conditions including freights and local demand are leading import volumes to be insignificant. The consultation period for this proposed discontinuation starts from […]

Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for Brazilian domestic recovered paper, via an open consultation process between December 17, 2021, and January 17, 2022. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process. Based on feedback received, Fastmarkets has decided to increase the coverage of Brazilian OCC […]

Fastmarkets has corrected the LME Asian reference and TAPO prices for March 18, which were published incorrectly due to a technical error.

Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for steel billet import, cfr Manila, $/tonne (MB-STE-0141) via an open consultation process between February 14 and March 15, 2022.