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 […]

Fastmarkets has corrected its EN-BD-0002 biodiesel, FAME 0 premium, fob ARA and EN-BD-0003 biodiesel, RME premium, fob ARA assessments, which were published incorrectly on September 9.

The key talking points across the aluminium supply chain ahead of Fastmarkets’ annual Aluminium Conference, taking place in Barcelona, Spain, on September 9-11.

The following price was affected:MB-CR-0003 Chromium alumino-thermic 99.4% min, in-whs Rotterdam, $/tonne This price is a part of the Fastmarkets minor metals package. For more information or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of this price or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this price assessment, please […]

Cost and availability concerns around copper have accelerated aluminium substitution in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, with aluminium now used in an estimated 40% of global units, Lionel Chapis, Norsk Hydro’s senior vice president of Hydro Precision Tubing, told Fastmarkets in an exclusive interview on Tuesday August 26.

Cost and availability concerns around copper have accelerated aluminium substitution in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, with aluminium now used in an estimated 40% of global units, Lionel Chapis, Norsk Hydro’s senior vice president of Hydro Precision Tubing, told Fastmarkets in an exclusive interview on Tuesday August 26.

The initial confusion is settling in the bulk ferro-alloys markets in Europe following weeks of speculation about the potential for minimum import prices to be imposed as part of a European Commission safeguarding investigation.