A developing El Niño weather pattern is drawing fresh attention across European metals markets at a moment when the continent‘s energy infrastructure is already under acute stress – and for producers and traders in secondary aluminium and ferrous scrap, the implications are hard to ignore.

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 four assessments will cover continental Europe and the UK, for tissue jumbo rolls made from wood pulp and recycled pulp in a basis weight range of 14.5-18.0g per square meter. The decision follows a one-month consultation period that ended on Saturday May 16. The proposed specifications are as follows: FP-TS-0009 Tissue, wood pulp jumbo rolls for […]

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for PIX Forest Biomass Finland price indices as part of its announced annual methodology review process.

On Wednesday May 6, a critical minerals panel at Commodities Trading Week in London said metals markets are shifting from an energy transition-led narrative toward security of supply, leaving Europe particularly exposed because of its reliance on imports.

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 publication of Fastmarkets’ Turkey flat steel price assessments on Friday May 8 was delayed because of a reporter error.

Fastmarkets has corrected M3-M9 forward curve premiums and outright prices between September 1st and October 3rd, 2025, for the following symbols:

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for its PIX Packaging Europe indices as part of its announced annual methodology review process.

Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for its steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, €/tonne (MB-STE-0028) and steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US Midwest, $/cwt (MB-STE-0184), via an open consultation process between March 25 and April 27, 2026.