During the extended consultation, Fastmarkets received comprehensive and wide-ranging feedback from a broad cross-section of the P1020A value chain.The majority of the market feedback received during the consultation was in support of Proposal 1, with most participants preferring its simpler, more coherent mechanism of reflecting CBAM costs than Proposal 2. Proposal 1: Reporters may apply expert […]

The consultation was carried out between January 8, 2025, and March 14, 2025. During the extensive consultation, Fastmarkets received comprehensive and wide-ranging feedback from a broad cross-section of the PFA value chain. The majority of the market feedback received during the consultation supported Proposal 1, with most market participants preferring its simpler, more coherent mechanism for […]

The consultation was carried out between December 12, 2024, and February 28, 2025. During the extensive consultation, Fastmarkets received comprehensive and wide-ranging feedback from a broad cross-section of the aluminium billet value chain. Proposal 1 was favored the most by market participants in the consultation, because of its simpler, more coherent mechanism for reflecting CBAM costs […]

After a consultation period, Fastmarkets has launched these three assessments to complement the existing price series which already covers Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the UK. The price specifications are as follows: FP-CTB-0206 Containerboard, testliner 2, 140 g, delivered Poland, €/tonne Quantity: min 20 tonnes Basis weight: 140-g Location: Poland Incoterm: Free delivered to the […]

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-AL-0292 Aluminium ingot ADC 12 spot (MJP), cfr Japan, $/tonne price assessment, which was published incorrectly on Wednesday March 26 due to a typographical error. The price was initially published as $2,450-2,480 per tonne. This has since been corrected to $2,400-2,480 per tonne. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect […]

Fastmarkets proposes to amend its daily price assessment for cobalt, standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, with the additions of Greatpower cut cathodes, Hanrui cut cathodes, Lygend cut cathodes, Tengyuan cut cathodes and Umicore S1 powder to the brand list. The changes to the specification would be as follows, with the proposed new brands in italics: MB-CO-0005 cobalt standard grade, […]

After a consultation period, Fastmarkets has discontinued this price due to separate assessments for briquette and full plate nickel warrants being more reflective of the market. All short-term forecasts associated with this price (or these prices) produced by the Fastmarkets research team, if any, have also been discontinued. If you have any comments on the discontinuation […]

With Fastmarkets set to discontinue the price assessment FP-GP-0277 UWF, Gold Ball, 70-100g, Jiangsu, Zhejiang & Shanghai (tax included), RMB/tonne, Fastmarkets will exclude it from the calculation of FP-GP-0166 Uncoated Woodfree Reels (100% chemical pulp), 70-100g, China. The exclusion will not cause a material change to the price and will make it an improved reflection […]

The launch of the price assessment is to meet market demand for price transparency along the lithium battery electrolyte supply chain. The specifications are as follows:​MB-FLU-0023 Lithium hexafluorophosphate(LiPF6), battery grade, ≥99.9%, $/tonneQuality: Cl ≤ 5 ppm, NO3 ≤ 5 ppm, SO4 ≤ 20 ppm, Na ≤ 5 ppm, K ≤ 5 ppm, Cu ≤ 2 […]

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