Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for North America Packaging Paper and Board via an open consultation process between April 24 and May 25, 2026.

Fastmarkets has decided to discontinue its Europe Northwest rapemeal, Ukraine Danube sunoil, corn handy and corn handy premium price assessments.

Japanese auto producer Honda canceled plans to produce electric vehicles in North America amid weak demand and pressure from the US government, the company said during its earnings call for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026.

The Brazil carbon market is being built to do more than cut emissions. The government wants to turn low-carbon steel and aluminium into a trade advantage and position Brazilian green metals as the SBCE phases in.

Fastmarkets has launched four monthly price assessments for tissue jumbo rolls delivered to Europe on Thursday May 28.

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.

The following prices were affected:  May 1 SoybeanAG-SYB-0019 Soybean CIF US Gulf Barge Premium c$/bu was published incorrectly on May 1 as: Jun: 84.0 cents per bushelJul: 87.5 cents per buAug: 84.5 cents per buSep: 76.5 cents per buOct: 81.5 cents per buNov: 89.5 cents per bu It has been corrected to: Jun: 84 cents per buJul: 87 cents per buAug: 85 […]

Fastmarkets is extending the consultation period for its proposed changes to the copper concentrates TC/RC index cif Asia Pacific and is also proposing the normalization of gold and silver payables within the index calculation.

Fastmarkets will launch a new weekly price assessment for tungsten unwrought metal bar, 99.8% min W, spot price, CIF main ports Europe, US, Japan $ per kg on Friday May 29.

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.