Fastmarkets will roll over its Turkey domestic ferrous scrap prices on Monday June 3 because the country extended the Eid al-Fitr public holiday to last the entire week of Monday June 3 to Friday June 7.

Fastmarkets has amended the specifications of its standard-grade cobalt price assessment to include grade-1 and grade-2 Norilsk cut cathodes within its list of accepted cobalt brands.

Fastmarkets proposes to move the weekly publication day of five price assessments - two nickel pig iron (NPI) prices, two laterite nickel ore prices and one nickel sulfate price - from Tuesday to Friday.

The publication of manganese ore and chrome ore inventory assessments at main Chinese ports were delayed due to public holidays.

Fastmarkets today launches a 94% C graphite flake assessment to improve its coverage of the graphite market:

Fastmarkets will launch a Chinese export price assessment for electrolytic manganese flake on Friday May 10.

Following initial research and a consultation among market participants, Fastmarkets proposes to launch a twice-weekly drummed molybdic oxide price, in-warehouse Busan.

Fastmarkets MB has corrected the rationales for its 37% and 44% manganese ore cif Tianjin indices, which were published incorrectly on April 26 due to a reporter error.

Fastmarkets' CIS steel prices on Monday April 29 will be rolled over because of the Orthodox Easter holiday on April 29-30 and the Labor Day holiday on May 1.

Fastmarkets is revising the specifications for its copper concentrates treatment and refining charge (TC/RC) Asia Pacific index after a thorough consultation with a wide range of market participants.