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Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for Brazilian domestic recovered paper, via an open consultation process between December 17, 2021, and January 17, 2022. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process. Based on feedback received, Fastmarkets has decided to increase the coverage of Brazilian OCC […]
Fastmarkets has corrected the LME Asian reference and TAPO prices for March 18, which were published incorrectly due to a technical error.
Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for steel billet import, cfr Manila, $/tonne (MB-STE-0141) via an open consultation process between February 14 and March 15, 2022.
Fastmarkets is publishing the below statement from the London Metal Exchange in relation to the publication of official and closing prices for nickel.
The follow text is from the LME and concerns the publication of nickel officials and closing (evals) prices from 16 March onwards. “LME Official Prices and Closing Prices may from time to time be affected by Disruption Events. Where a Disruption Event occurs, the LME will continue to publish the values that it determines between […]
Fastmarkets proposes to amend the publication day of the weekly US steel cut-to-length plate price assessment from Fridays to Tuesdays.
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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