Metal Bulletin has changed the specifications of its aluminium ingot premiums to increase the minimum tonnage of transactions taken into consideration in the assessment process, effective Monday March 13.

The following notice applies to minor metals, ferro-alloys and ores prices produced by Metal Bulletin.

Metal Bulletin is proposing to change the assessment days for its Chinese steel export prices, its Chinese domestic stainless flat steel prices, and its East Asian stainless flat steel prices.

Metal Bulletin has changed the publishing day of its weekly aluminium ingot ADC 12 spot major Japanese ports (MJP) price to Wednesdays instead of Tuesdays.

RISI is planning to discontinue price coverage for heavyweight 70-lb Unbleached Grocery Bag paper in the US market in the March 2017 Price Watch because of industry consolidation, limited reader interest, and similarity of this grade to 42-lb Unbleached Kraft Linerboard. In a survey earlier this year, RISI found more reader interest in continued price […]

Metal Bulletin is proposing to change the frequency of assessment for its Chinese free market in-warehouse ferro-silicon price from fortnightly to weekly from Friday December 2, subject to the results of a market consultation.

Due to a technical error, the Metal Bulletin Ferrous Scrap Index shredded $ per tonne cfr India price that was due to be published on Friday October 21 was not published until Monday October 24.

After conducting a market consultation process regarding proposed changes to Hardwood Kraft price assessments published in PPI Pulp & Paper Week (PPW) and PPI Europe, RISI will be implementing the following changes: Remove Nordic Birch – Europe (CIF) (euros) and Eucalyptus (Brazil/Iberia)- Europe (CIF) (euros) price assessments from PPI Pulp & Paper Week Remove Eucalyptus […]

Following the completion of Metal Bulletin’s acquisition of FastMarkets on Friday September 2, and in line with requests from the two companies’ mutual customers among the world’s major mining companies, metal consumers and trading houses, Metal Bulletin outlines how the integrated metal pricing team, comprising staff from both companies, intends to handle its pricing of some base metal premiums in the future.

Following a review of its pricing portfolio and common trading practices in the market, Metal Bulletin proposes to discontinue EU ex-works price assessments for steel beams and hollow sections.