The report details the EU’s efforts to secure critical raw materials through 14 strategic partnerships with non-member countries. These partnerships aim to diversify the EU’s supply chain for materials essential to its clean energy transition and industrial competitiveness. Norway, Australia and Serbia were highlighted as new partnerships established in 2024. According to the report, strategic […]

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-FEC-0021 ferro-chrome high carbon 6-8.5% C, basis 65-70% Cr, max 1.5% Si, delivered Europe, which was published incorrectly on Tuesday September 24.

Three factors that shaped the first half of 2024 for European paper packaging markets – and our outlook for the second half

Annual demand growth is forecast to come in at 2% from 2024-2028

As we approach the end of the first quarter after the termination of the quarterly European ferro-chrome benchmark, Fastmarkets looks at what has happened since the benchmark ended – and what could happen next.

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.

Fastmarkets proposes to amend the pricing frequency of its three main European biodiesel assessments, both as outright prices and as premiums to the underlying gasoil contract, as well as its ultra low sulfur diesel assessment from a weekly basis to daily.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for European Packaging Paper and Board as part of its announced annual methodology review process. This consultation, which is open until August 31, 2024 seeks to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the International Organization […]

In the open consultation, Fastmarkets FOEX did not propose any changes, and there was no feedback received during the process. No material changes were made to the current methodology. A newly dated methodology document has been posted here.

The publication of Fastmarkets’ aluminium scrap and secondary aluminium ingot price assessments for Wednesday June 12 were delayed because of a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.