Open consultation on Fastmarkets’ ferrous methodology

This consultation, which starts on March 5 and ends on April 2, seeks to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical ferrous metals markets, in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) principles for price reporting agencies (PRAs). This includes all elements of our pricing process, our price specifications and publication frequency.

View the ferrous methodology here.

Please send responses in writing, preferably in electronic format, to the following addresses: pricing@fastmarkets.com and steel@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Janie Davies/Daniel Hilliard/Paul Lim re: Ferrous metals methodology.” Please specify whether your response is confidential. Opinions offered in confidential responses may be referenced but will not be attributed in any way.

Fastmarkets will publish the outcome of this methodology review by April 9, including a summary of the feedback – with the exception of those responses marked as confidential. Any proposals to make material changes, discontinue or launch prices will involve a separate market consultation, the length of which will depend on how substantial the change is.

To see all Fastmarkets’ pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets methodology page.