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    • Fastmarkets is making clarifying changes to the names of six current pallet assessments (listed below) and adding 12 new pallet price assessments.
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    • The publication of Fastmarkets’ Turkish steel scrap import indices was delayed on Wednesday April 2 because of a technical fault. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated. The following prices were affected: MB-STE-0416 Steel scrap HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix) North Europe origin, cfr Turkey, $/tonne MB-STE-0417 Steel scrap HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix) US origin, cfr Turkey, […]
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    • After a consultation period, Fastmarkets has amended the frequency of its MB-TI-0009 Titanium dioxide pigment, sulfate grade, fob China, price assessment from weekly to fortnightly. The new fortnightly frequency will start on April 3, with the subsequent assessment on April 17. MB-TI-0009 Titanium dioxide pigment, sulfate grade, fob China, $ per tonneQuality: Sulfate gradeQuantity: Min 20 tonnesLocation: fob ChinaTiming: SpotUnit: $ […]
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    • The publication of Fastmarkets’ iron ore DR-grade pellet premium, quarterly contract was delayed due to a reporter’s error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated. The MB-IRO-0077 Iron ore DR-grade pellet premium, quarterly contract was published on Wednesday April 2 – the second working day of the quarter, while usually it is published on the first […]
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    • MB-IRO-0008 Iron ore 62% Fe fines, cfr QingdaoMB-IRO-0144 62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr QingdaoMB-IRO-0009 Iron ore 65% Fe Brazil-origin fines, cfr QingdaoMB-IRO-0017 Iron ore 58% Fe fines high-grade premium index, cfr QingdaoMB-IRO-0015 Iron ore 58% Fe fines, cfr QingdaoMB-IRO-0010 62.5% Fe Australia-origin lump ore premium, cfr QingdaoThese prices are part of the Fastmarkets’ steelmaking raw […]
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    • Fastmarkets has launched four price assessments for tissue jumbo rolls in Brazil on Tuesday April 1.
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    • The US forestry sector is undergoing a transformation as timberland managers increasingly diversify beyond traditional operations to embrace forest carbon projects, conservation, renewable energy, and carbon capture initiatives.
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    • French milling wheat exports from the port of Rouen reached their greatest volume in the past 16 weeks, with 87,000 tonnes of milling wheat exported in the week to March 26, according to data released by French port operator Haropa on Thursday, March 27. While the 87,000 tonnes is a relatively large volume of weekly […]
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    • In the second of a two-part series, Fastmarkets looks at opportunities for the Asia ferro-alloys sector that could result from US-China trade tensions or against a backdrop of greater trade protection, ahead of the Asia Ferroalloys 2025 Conference
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    • As US-China trade tensions intensify, Fastmarkets outlines the key challenges and opportunities for the Asian ferro-alloys sector ahead of the Asia Ferroalloys 2025 Conference.
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