Fastmarkets wants to clarify that its holiday schedule for its Asian POME price assessments will follow the Singapore holiday calendar.

Based on preliminary market feedback, market participants noted that smaller-sized spot market transactions may be skewed and not reflective of the wider market. The aluminium P1020A(MJP), cif Japan, assessment specification which has a minimum tonnage of 100 tonnes will be amended to 500 tonnes after the proposed change. The proposed new specifications are as follows, […]

The publication of Fastmarkets’ MB-STE-0421 Steel scrap shredded, index, import, cfr Nhava Sheva, India was delayed because of a peer reviewer error. The Fastmarkets pricing database has been updated.

MB-AL-0020 Aluminium P1020A premium, ddp Midwest US, US cents/lb was incorrectly published at 113-115 cents per lb. This has been corrected to 115.0-116.5 cents per lb. This price is a part of the Fastmarkets base metals package. For more information or to provide feedback on this correction notice or if you would like to provide price information […]

Fastmarkets is amending its holiday schedule of the following prices for June 2, 2026.

Fastmarkets proposes to amend the frequency of publication of its four containerboard assessments for East China from once monthly currently to twice monthly.

Fastmarkets proposes to launch four twice-monthly price assessments for recycled containerboard on a delivered South China basis.

Vietnam’s ambitions to become a burgeoning processing hub for secondary metals is hitting a wall of private-sector skepticism, Fastmarkets heard on the sidelines of the Third China Metal Recycling Spring Conference (CMRA 2026) held in Hanoi, Vietnam on May 9-12.

The function of treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) for copper concentrates is being partially displaced by a broader set of commercial levers amid elevated byproduct values – including readjusted gold and silver payables, sulfuric acid tolling arrangements between miners and smelters, and renewed trade in gold-bearing pyrite materials – copper concentrates market participants told Fastmarkets at CESCO Week 2026 in Santiago, Chile, from April 13-17.

This decision was first proposed in a methodology note published on April 24. Used cooking oil (UCO) is a waste-based feedstock collected from food service operations and food processing facilities after cooking. It is widely used in the production of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), making it one of the most […]