The proposal is driven by the insufficient price inputs under the current market conditions and by market feedback about a lack of liquidity on an outright basis for the NPI contract price. Specifically, Fastmarkets is proposing to discontinue: MB-FEN-0001 Nickel pig iron, high-grade NPI content 10-15%, contract, ddp China, yuan/nickel unit price Quality: Lump. Ni10-15%, Fe 80%, […]

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-ALU-0002 Alumina index, fob Australia, which was published incorrectly on Monday October 20 due to a procedural lapse. Fastmarkets has also corrected all the related inferred indices.

Fastmarkets launches MB-IRO-0193 Iron ore 62% Australia-origin lump ore premium, cfr Qingdao, US cents/dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) on Tuesday October 21.

Fastmarkets has launched AG-TLW-0040 Bleachable fancy tallow, delivered California, cts/lb on Monday October 20.

Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-AL-0287 aluminium 6063 & 6060 extrusion billet premium, cif Brazilian main pors, which was published incorrectly on Friday 17 October.

The spot price for AG-PLM-0022 refined bleached deodorised (RBD) palm stearin fob Indonesia was published incorrectly on Thursday as $1,070 per tonne and has been corrected to $1,050 per tonne. The M1 November price for refined bleached deodorised palm stearin on Thursday has also been corrected to $1,050 per tonne from $1,070 per tonne. Fastmarkets’ pricing database […]

After a consultation period, Fastmarkets has launched a quarterly assessment of pulp-grade SPF logs delivered to the interior region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. This launch will include two markets, one assessed in Canadian dollars and another converted to US currency.  Demand for pulp-grade logs is reported to be increasing in the British Columbia […]

The deadline will be amended from the second Friday of each month to publication by the final Friday of each month. The change is being made to ensure that all key market participants have concluded their monthly prices before the assessment is made. The prices in question are: MB-STE-0167 Steel scrap, E3 old thick scrap, domestic, […]

The consultation, which is open until November 12, 2025, seeks to ensure that our audited methodologies and price specifications continue to reflect the physical markets under indexation for alumina, aluminium, cobalt, copper, lithium, spodumene, nickel sulfate and graphite, in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes […]

Fastmarkets will adjust the base brands of its MB-MNO-0001 manganese ore high grade index, cif Tianjin, and its MB-MNO-0005 manganese ore high grade port index, fot Tianjin, on Saturday November 1, to better reflect the bulk of ore traded in today’s market and is clarifying how the index is formed. Fastmarkets’ MB-MNO-0001 manganese ore high grade index […]