Canadian specialty materials producer Neo Performance Materials officially launched a sintered neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) magnet plant in Narva, Estonia, on Friday September 19, and announced the completion of Europe's first dysprosium and terbium oxide production line.

Europe’s battery industry is being urged to prioritise energy storage systems over electric vehicle competition with China, as rising AI-driven power demand and grid pressures highlight the need for scalable storage solutions.

US wheat futures declined on Friday September 12 after the USDA increased global wheat ending stocks and production estimates for 2025/26 in its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report.

The publication of several Fastmarkets steel scrap indices for the UK, European and Turkish markets were delayed on Monday September 15 because of a reporter error.

Fastmarkets is launching price assessments for MB-MAG-0020 magnesia, dead burned, 90% MgO, lump, cif Europe, $ per tonne, and for MB-MAG-0021 magnesia, dead burned, 97% MgO, lump, cif Europe, $ per tonne, on Tuesday September 16.

Find out how recent changes to tariffs on pulp imports could affect European producers and the woodpulp market overall.

Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for European packaging paper and board, via an open consultation process between August 5, 2025 and September 1, 2025. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process.

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 under indexation, in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes […]

The EU Commission has launched a call for evidence on Thursday August 28 on its methodology for calculating emissions embedded in Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) goods, the rules on the adjustment of CBAM certificates to reflect the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) free allocation and the rules on the deduction of the carbon price paid in a third country.

Fastmarkets has launched a new pilot project to publish Nordic sawn timber prices delivered to Germany, France, Benelux and the UK and confirms the discontinuation of its PIX Sawn Timber Finland export indices. Fastmarkets originally consulted the market on a proposal to launch Nordic sawn timber export prices for selected European markets and grades on […]