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Random Lengths is seeking industry feedback on whether to report prices for Appearance Grade premium 2×4 8-foot in certain species. Based on research to date, Random Lengths is starting this consultation proposing to add prices for Appearance Grade 2×4 8-foot in Western S-P-F, Eastern S-P-F, and dry Douglas Fir. However, other species may be considered […]
PPI Europe’s price publishing schedule for 2020 is now available online. Other Fastmarkets publishing schedules for pulp and paper, timber and bioenergy, nonwovens and wood products were made available in mid-November. To view the schedules please visit: https://www.risiinfo.com/approach/methodology/price-assessment-methodology/price-publishing-schedule/ For questions and comments please contact pricing.risi@fastmarkets.com.
Exceptionally, Fastmarkets RISI will publish the January issue of Woodfiber & Biomass Markets on January 16 instead of the originally scheduled January 9 in order to ensure complete capture of January data. For comments and queries, please email pricing.risi@fastmarkets.com. To view Fastmarkets RISI’s price publishing schedule please see here.
Due to a technical error, the November UK price watch published in the November 7 issue of PPI Europe (no. 45) and the December UK price watch published in the December 5 issue of PPI Europe (no. 46) showed the incorrect euro equivalents for pound-denominated prices. The correct euro equivalents have been updated and are […]
Due to a technical error, the December UK price watch published in the December 5 issue of PPI Europe (no. 46) showed the incorrect euro equivalents for December’s pound-denominated prices. The correct euro equivalents have been updated and are now available for download. This correction concerns only the price watch in the newsletter PDF.
Fastmarkets FOEX is unifying its methodology and policies for all PIX indices to comply with Fastmarkets’ internal guidelines and the IOSCO principles. Along with this development, some index collection criteria will not fully fulfil these policy requirements. Fastmarkets FOEX is considering the following changes to its PIX Woodchip indices: Discontinue the PIX Hardwood Chip Asia […]
Fastmarkets Benchmark Administration Oy (FBA) was incorporated in December 2020 to operate as the independent administrator of benchmarks published by price reporting agency (PRA) Fastmarkets and subject to the European Benchmarks Regulation (BMR). It is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, and supervised by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA).
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