After a consultation period, Fastmarkets has amended the sizing specification of its index for iron ore 66% Fe iron ore concentrate, cfr Qingdao, $/tonne [MB-IRO-0013].

After a consultation period, Fastmarkets has amended its cut-off time for data inclusion in all iron ore indices from 6.15pm Singapore time.

Fastmarkets is proposing to amend the specifications of cobalt hydroxide prices in order to reference a threshold for maximum iron content.

Hitting the mid-to-upper $370s once more Thursday, futures failed to hold its upward momentum. Similar to earlier sessions, selling late Thursday through Friday pushed July back down into the $360s, about where it left off going into last week’s holiday weekend. Trading Thursday hit the high-water mark of $378.50, rebounding from Tuesday’s selloff to open […]

Fastmarkets has corrected its daily assessments for the nickel arbitrage, in the base metals arbitrage SHFE versus LME calculation, which were published incorrectly on Tuesday May 26 due to an input error.

After a consultation period, which ended on May 21, Fastmarkets is reducing the frequency of its lead premium price assessments for the Indian and Southeast Asian markets.

After market feedback, Fastmarkets is extending the consultation period for proposed amendments to its battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide price specifications, to better reflect the emerging norms in battery-grade chemistry.

Fastmarkets has corrected its weekly assessment for the nickel briquette premium, in-whs Rotterdam, which was published incorrectly on Tuesday May 19 due to an input error.

Fastmarkets FOEX is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for its PIX Forest Biomass Finland price indices, as part of its newly announced annual methodology review process. As part of this open consultation, to expand the coverage on the Finnish bioenergy sector, Fastmarkets FOEX is also proposing the following additions to its […]

As previously announced and following consultation, Fastmarkets FOEX has implemented the following changes to its PIX Pellet Continental Index: – Discontinued the PIX Pellet Continental on May 6, 2020. For comments and queries, please email hello.foex@fastmarkets.com, indicating “PIX Pellet Continental Index” in the subject line of the email.