Following a three-month consultation, Fastmarkets has amended the base specifications of its 62% Fe iron ore index to more closely reflect the chemical composition of mainstream mid-grade ore produced in Australia’s Pilbara region

After a one-month consultation period, Fastmarkets has amended the frequency of its China import steel scrap indices

After assessing market feedback, Fastmarkets is extending the consultation period for its proposal to launch a price assessment for Turkish imports of steel slab on a cfr main ports basis

Fastmarkets RISI has decided to publish NBSK CIF China price assessments during Lunar New Year (LNY) and the October Golden Week holiday with effect from 2022 following a consultation with industry participants. This will ensure an assessment is published every week of the year. The consultation, which closed on December 17, 2021, can be viewed […]

Fastmarkets RISI invites feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for Brazilian domestic recovered paper, via an open consultation process between December 21, 2021, and January 21, 2021. This consultation is part of our published annual methodology review process and at this time proposes substantial changes to publication of prices and schedule. The proposal […]

Fastmarkets RISI is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for Latin American prices, including boxboard (Brazil), graphic papers (Brazil and Mexico), recovered paper (Mexico), and containerboard (Brazil and Mexico), as part of its announced annual methodology review process. This consultation, which is open until January 21, 2022, seeks to ensure that our […]

As previously announced, with effect from December 13, 2021, Fastmarkets has standardized the names of all Random Lengths price assessments in the Fastmarkets RISI portal and mobile app for ease of use and greater transparency. The aim of this exercise is to make it as easy as possible for our licensed users to identify and […]

Fastmarkets RISI and Random lengths price publishing schedules for 2022 are now available online. To view the schedules please visit: https://www.risiinfo.com/approach/methodology/price-assessment-methodology/price-publishing-schedule/ For questions and comments please contact pricing.risi@fastmarkets.com.

Fastmarkets has corrected the pricing rationale for its fob Australia alumina index (MB-ALU-0002), which was published incorrectly on Wednesday December 8 due to a reporter error.

Fastmarkets MB has corrected its weekly ferro-chrome benchmark indicator, which was published incorrectly on Tuesday December 7 because of a technical issue