Fastmarkets has launched three weekly wheat freight rate assessments — Ukraine-Egypt, CVB-Egypt and Russia-Saudi Arabia — and has clarified that its existing Black Sea-North Africa freight assessment refers to the Russia-Egypt route and its Black Sea-Persian Gulf assessment refers to the Russia-Iran route. The Russia-Egypt assessment will also transition from Supramax to Handy-sized vessels. All changes are effective Wednesday May 20, 2026.

The publication of Fastmarkets' price assessments for steel hot-rolled coil export, fob Black Sea, CIS and steel cold-rolled coil export, fob Black Sea, CIS for Monday May 11 was delayed due to a reporter error. Fastmarkets pricing database has been updated.

The following prices were published at 4:24pm London time, instead of by the scheduled time of 4pm London time: MB-IRO-0002 Pig iron export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS, $/tonneMB-IRO-0014 Pig iron import, cfr Italy, $/tonneMB-FE-0004 Hot-briquetted iron, cfr Italian ports, $/tonne These prices are a part of the Fastmarkets Steel Raw Materials Physical Prices package. For more […]

The prices were published at 5:47pm London time, instead of the scheduled time before 4 pm. The following prices were published late: MB-IRO-0002 Pig iron export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS, $/tonneMB-IRO-0014 Pig iron import, cfr Italy, $/tonneMB-FE-0004 Hot-briquetted iron, cfr Italian ports, $/tonne These prices are a part of the Fastmarkets Steel Raw Materials Physical Prices […]

Fastmarkets has reduced the frequency of publication of its steel billet index export, fob Black Sea, CIS, due to lower market liquidity. The change follows a month-long consultation period with most feedback supporting the decision. The proposal was published on February 6 and the consultation ended on March 6. The new specifications are listed below, with the […]

The amendment would decrease publishing frequency to twice per week from daily, to reflect lower market liquidity following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and resulting in Western sanctions against Russia that led to lower export sales volumes from the country. This is also while the effect of the war has resulted in lower sales […]

Fastmarkets will not publish any price assessments for wheat, barley, corn, vegoils and meals for Europe, Ukraine and Russia, nor Black Sea sunflower, on Monday August 26 due to holidays in Ukraine and the United Kingdom.

Total crude steel output across 64 major producer countries was 150.2 million tonnes in February 2021, down by 8% month on month but up by 4% from February 2020, the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) said on March 23.

Global silico-manganese output dropped by 4.5% month on month in November 2020 to 1.5 million tonnes, due to production cuts in Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States region, according to the latest data from the International Manganese Institute (IMnI).