Fastmarkets RISI price publishing schedule for 2021 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.

A reminder of Fastmarkets base metals pricing and coverage during the Christmas period.

Fastmarkets will amend the settlement criteria for its MB-AL-0001 aluminium P1020A (MJP) quarterly premium, cif Japan, $ per tonne.

Fastmarkets is proposing to launch low-carbon aluminium differentials to its existing European P1020 and value-added product (VAP) premium contracts in $ per tonne to meet market demand for a low-carbon aluminium pricing mechanism.

Fastmarkets has decided not to proceed with the proposed amendment of the specifications of the indices for (MB-COA-0003) premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT, $/tonne and (MB-COA-0005) premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang, $/tonne, due to changes in spot market conditions.

Fastmarkets today, Friday November 20, launches a steel hot-rolled coil import (Japan, Korea, Taiwan-origin), cfr Vietnam, $/tonne price assessment.

Fastmarkets RISI is seeking feedback from the industry on a potential discontinuation of assessments for recovered paper (RCP) imports in China, and Southeast Asia/Taiwan assessments for old newspapers (ONP) imports. With China set to ban RCP imports from the beginning of next year, we aim to discontinue the assessments for RCP imports in China in […]

Fastmarkets RISI is seeking feedback from stakeholders on potential new recycled brown pulp price assessment(s) for China. With China set to ban recovered paper imports from the beginning of next year, the country’s demand for recycled brown pulp is expected to keep growing. Fastmarkets RISI has been monitoring the situation over the past two years, […]

Fastmarkets RISI is proposing to increase the frequency of Russian containerboard assessments to monthly from January 2021. Currently these prices are published on a quarterly basis and reflect prices in the last month of the quarter. Fastmarkets RISI has received requests from stakeholders to increase this frequency to monthly to better capture price movements within […]

Fastmarkets has launched two new coefficients for the copper concentrates market, with data available from November 2 and an update published for the first time on Friday November 6.