Fastmarkets today, Friday March 12, launches a weekly price assessment for drawing-quality steel wire rod for the Polish domestic market.

Fastmarkets has corrected its price assessment for the aluminium 6063 extrusion billet premium, in-whs dp Rotterdam, which was published incorrectly on Friday February 26 due to a reporter error.

Following market consultations, Fastmarkets RISI will discontinue the monthly price assessment for China Uncoated Woodfree Reels (mixed wood/nonwood pulp) in PPI Asia, with effect from March 2021. The discontinuation is due to a substantial decrease in the availability of the grade in China. The last assessment was published on February 26, 2021. Fastmarkets RISI consulted […]

Fastmarkets FOEX is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for its PIX Pellet Nordic price index, as part of its annual methodology review process. The open consultation, which is open until March 25, 2021, seeks to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the […]

Due to the long Lunar New Year holiday in China and to better capture final pulp prices for February 2021, Fastmarkets RISI will postpone the publication of Table 5 China prices until February 26. Table 5 China prices, which are based on Fastmarkets RISI’s weekly and bi-weekly price assessments published in PPI Asia, were due […]

Fastmarkets will launch a weekly import price assessment for steel billet on a cfr China basis from February 26 after a month of consultation.

Fastmarkets will publish inferred low-carbon midpoint calculations for some aluminium P1020A and value-added product (VAP) markets in line with the launch of the low-carbon aluminium differentials.

Fastmarkets is launching a new daily China ferrous scrap import price assessment on Monday February 8 after a month-long consultation.

After a month-long consultation, Fastmarkets has amended the frequency for the publication of its fob China rebar index due to low liquidity in the spot market in the past year.

Fastmarkets RISI is proposing to discontinue the price assessment for China Uncoated Woodfree Reels (mixed wood/nonwood pulp) in PPI Asia, with effect from March 2021. In tandem with a consistent, substantial decline in nonwood pulp production in China over the past decade for cost and environmental reasons, the availability of uncoated fine paper furnished with […]