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    • Major trading houses Mercuria and Glencore secured copper concentrate offtake agreements totaling at least $450 million in prepayment financing in late December, with Mercuria signing for 195,000 wet metric tonnes from Bulgaria’s Ellatzite mine on December 30 and Orion Minerals providing an update on December 31 on its $200-250 million Glencore financing and offtake deal for South Africa’s Prieska project.
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    • The following prices were affected: CB-CC-0001 REDD+, Latin America, $ per tCO2e CB-CC-0002 REDD+ v19 differential, Latin America, $ per tCO2e CB-CC-0003 REDD+ v20 differential, Latin America, $ per tCO2e CB-CC-0004 REDD+ v21 differential, Latin America, $ per tCO2e CB-CC-0005 REDD+, Sub-Saharan Africa, $ per tCO2e CB-CC-0006 REDD+ v19 differential, Sub-Saharan Africa, $ per tCO2e CB-CC-0007 REDD+ v20 differential, Sub-Saharan Africa, $ […]
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    • The global antimony market is expected to remain adequately supplied in 2026, shaped by increasing supply in Southeast Asia, relatively stable demand and heightened political oversight of critical minerals, sector participants have told Fastmarkets.
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    • Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for Latin America Packaging Paper and Board, via an open consultation process between November 12 and December 29, 2025. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process.
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    • Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for Latin America Graphic Paper, via an open consultation process between November 12 and December 29, 2025. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process.
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    • Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for Latin America Recovered Paper, via an open consultation process between November 12 and December 29, 2025. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process.
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    • Fastmarkets launched a price assessment for electrical steel, cold-rolled grain oriented, CFR India on Friday October 3, 2025. India is a major consumer of cold-rolled grain oriented (CRGO) electrical steel and largely depends on imports. It produces 40,000 tonnes of CRGO electrical steel per year and imports close to 400,000 tonnes a year. This price […]
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    • Fastmarkets would like to clarify details surrounding the following price assessments: MB-FLU-0003 Fluorspar, acidspar, 97% CaF₂, wet filtercake, FOB China, $/tonne; MB-FLU-0015 Fluorspar, metspar, minimum 85% CaF₂, FOB China, $/tonne; and MB-FLU-0016 Fluorspar, metspar, minimum 90% CaF₂, FOB China, $/tonne. The prices are assessed based on price data gathered on an FOB China basis, including […]
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    • Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated. The following prices were published with a delay of 1 day: MB-IRO-0018, Iron ore 61% Fe fines, % Fe VIU, cfr Qingdao, $/dmtMB-IRO-0019, Iron ore 65% Fe fines, % Fe VIU, cfr Qingdao, $/dmtMB-IRO-0020, Iron ore fines, % Si VIU, cfr Qingdao, $/dmtMB-IRO-0021, Iron ore fines, % Al2O3 VIU, […]
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    • Fastmarkets initially consulted on location of delivery, exact sizing and impurities of materials and payment terms following feedback that these parameters should be narrowed. But feedback from some market participants has been incomplete during the consultation period, requiring greater time to achieve clarity on these points. Furthermore, since the consultation launched, the UAE has announced a reverse […]
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