Guinea’s long-anticipated intervention in the bauxite market is beginning to take shape.

It has become increasingly clear in the week to Friday March 27 that, with new-crop wheat and corn prices beginning to emerge in Ukraine, the typical discount to old-crop prices was no longer present, Fastmarkets has heard.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on its pricing methodologies and product specifications for softwood wood products, as part of its annual methodology review process.

This consultation, which is open until April 30, seeks to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market, in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes all elements of our pricing process, our price specifications and publication frequency. The price under review is:MB-IRO-0004 […]

The Middle East energy shock is driving up European natural gas prices, inflating paper packaging costs. Protect your F&B margins today with our data-driven procurement intelligence.

Fastmarkets is extending the consultation period for the methodology of several of its black mass payables indicators and prices, and is also proposing changes to the names of CIF South Korea and EWX Europe black mass prices.

Fastmarkets proposes to launch fortnightly bismuth and indium prices on a DDP US basis on Friday May 1. Market participants have expressed support for localized US pricing in response to Section 301 tariffs, export controls and increased US government funding to support domestic and allied supply chains. These assessments would complement Fastmarkets’ existing benchmarks in […]

Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for PIX Recovered Paper Europe and Germany indices via an open consultation process between February 20 and March 20 2026. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process.

See how shrinking supply and rising freight rates push low-grade lumber prices higher, driving up Gulf Coast pallet costs for chemical industry buyers. Find out more.

Fastmarkets has decided to launch four monthly price assessments for tissue jumbo rolls delivered China, on Friday April 3. The four assessments cover four provinces, Shandong, Hebei, Guangxi, and Sichuan, for tissue jumbo rolls made from wood pulp and a mix of wood pulp and non-wood fiber in a basis weight range of 11.5-17 grams […]