Fastmarkets has corrected its assessment for MB-STE-0049 steel plate (8-40mm) import, cfr main port Northern Europe, €/tonne, and MB-STE-0050 steel plate (8-40mm) import, cfr main port Southern Europe, €/tonne published on February 19.

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-BX-0016 Bauxite, cif China, price assessment, which was published incorrectly on Friday February 20.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for its PIX Recovered Paper Europe and Germany indices as part of its announced annual methodology review process. This consultation, which is open until March 20 2026, seeks to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with […]

The publication of Fastmarkets’ MB-STE-0464 - Steel scrap HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix) US material import, cfr main port Taiwan, $/tonne assessment for Thursday February 19 was delayed because of a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

No feedback was received during the consultation period and therefore no changes will be made to the methodologies at this stage. This consultation sought to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market for our audited physical markets for steel scrap, in compliance with IOSCO’s principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes […]

No feedback was received during the consultation period and therefore no changes will be made to the methodologies at this stage. This consultation sought to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market for our audited secondary aluminium price assessments, in compliance with IOSCO’s principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes all […]

No feedback was received during the consultation period and therefore no changes will be made to the methodologies at this stage. This consultation sought to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical markets for non-ferrous and ferrous scrap, in compliance with International Organization of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). […]

Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue its weekly price assessments for AG-TLW-0028 Category 3 bone fat, high grade, 5% ffa, 98%, max 200 ppm polyethylene, ddp Northwest Europe and AG-TLW-0029 Category 3 pure beef tallow, 10% ffa, 99%, ddp Northwest Europe.

Based on market feedback received and data collected, Fastmarkets has changed the free fatty acids (FFA) content to a maximum of 5% and iodine value (IV) to a minimum of 70 grams of iodine/mercury (hg), to reflect a specification used more commonly in the market. The updated quality specification of the prices are as follows: […]

After an extended consultation period, Fastmarkets has decided to amend its AG-SYB-0032 Soyoil cfr India $/mt and AG-SSD-0001 Sunoil cif India $/mt assessments.