Final decision on open consultation on methodology for European high carbon ferro-chrome price assessments

Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for its European high carbon ferro-chrome price assessments, via an open consultation process between March 27 and April 28.

This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process.

Fastmarkets received no feedback requiring further consultation and therefore no changes will be made to the methodologies at this stage.

Full details of the prices covered by this consultation can be found on the Fastmarkets dashboard.

This consultation sought to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, 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.

You can find the current methodology for the European high carbon ferro-chrome price assessments via this link.

To see all Fastmarkets’ pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology

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