Fastmarkets has corrected its assessment date for AG-SYB-0083 Soyoil fob Alto Araguaia, no tax, Real/tonne, AG-SYB-0084 Soyoil fob Ponta Grossa, no tax, Real/tonne and AG-SYB-0085 Soyoil cif São Paulo, with tax, Real/tonne on May 26. The prices had incorrectly been published for May 27.

Fastmarkets is proposing a delayed launch of new price series for its benchmark European PIX gross pulp prices and North American effective list pulp prices to March 2027, and a simplified conversion formula, based on market feedback.

A growing number of steelmakers across Latin America have received sustainability certifications and environmental recognitions in recent months, reflecting how the region is increasingly positioning itself within the global transition toward lower-emissions steelmaking – although questions still remain surrounding how commercially scalable and economically sustainable this transition will become.

As Brazil implemented protective measures against Chinese flat steel — enforcing anti-dumping duties on cold-rolled coil, coated steel, and pre-painted steel sequentially since early 2026 — China's monthly exports of finished steel to the country declined to their lowest levels since 2024, significantly reducing a market that previously consumed over 400,000 tonnes per month.

Fastmarkets has decided to change the timestamp of several of its agriculture prices linked to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and MIAX Futures Exchange to align the time of publication with the exchanges’ settlement time at 1:15pm US Central Time.

Fastmarkets is clarifying the holiday publication schedule for certain Latin America and Brazil steel prices.

Fastmarkets has launched five core carbon principle (CCP) carbon credit price assessments, covering landfill gas and cookstove projects, on Tuesday April 28.

The global market for fibers used in nonwovens faced strong pressure in March, with raw material costs for polyester, polypropylene, and viscose fibers increasing by 4-11% in the US and Europe.

Fastmarkets has corrected the MB-ALU-0002 Alumina index, fob Australia, $/tonne and its inferred prices, which were published incorrectly on Wednesday April 15 due to a data input error.

Fastmarkets has launched a suite broker/processor and ex-works prices to service the domestic and export Mexican stainless steel scrap markets respectively.