News and market analysis

The publication of Fastmarkets’ MB-STE-0421 Steel scrap shredded, index, import, cfr Nhava Sheva, India was delayed because of a peer reviewer error. The Fastmarkets pricing database has been updated.

The following prices were affected: MB-STE-0892 – Steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Italy, € per tonne MB-STE-0028 – Steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, € per tonne. These prices are part of the Fastmarkets steel package. For more information, or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of these indices, or if you would […]

MB-AL-0020 Aluminium P1020A premium, ddp Midwest US, US cents/lb was incorrectly published at 113-115 cents per lb. This has been corrected to 115.0-116.5 cents per lb. This price is a part of the Fastmarkets base metals package. For more information or to provide feedback on this correction notice or if you would like to provide price information […]

Argentina’s Misiones province could become the world’s first subnational jurisdiction to issue CORSIA-eligible JREDD+ credits, with LATAM Airlines lined up as anchor buyer for 2.8 million tonnes at ~$24/tCO2e. The $60 million transaction awaits federal authorization.

Fastmarkets is proposing to change quality and tonnage specifications in its global suite of battery-grade lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate price assessments. These will include the benchmark assessments of the MB-LI-0033 lithium hydroxide monohydrate, LiOH.H2O 56.5% LiOH min, battery grade, spot price, cif China, Japan & Korea, and the MB-LI-0029 lithium carbonate, 99.5% Li2CO3 min, battery grade, spot […]

Atlantic Panamax freight rates have hit their highest level since the 2022 Russia-Ukraine crisis, driven by the Iran conflict, elevated bunker fuel costs and strong grain export demand – with no immediate relief in sight.

Fastmarkets is amending its holiday schedule of the following prices for June 2, 2026.

Fastmarkets is also proposing to clarify the names of the four containerboard assessments: As part of the process of standardizing price nomenclature for forest products, their names will be as follows: The prices are part of the Fastmarkets Paper Packaging price package. The consultation period for the proposed change to publication frequency and the standardized […]

South China, which includes the provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, accounts for 25 million tonnes of containerboard capacity annually, about a quarter of China’s total, according to Fastmarkets’ database. The region also holds around one-third of the nation’s corrugated converting capacity and remains a key manufacturing and trading hub with significant demand for corrugated […]

Vietnam’s ambitions to become a burgeoning processing hub for secondary metals is hitting a wall of private-sector skepticism, Fastmarkets heard on the sidelines of the Third China Metal Recycling Spring Conference (CMRA 2026) held in Hanoi, Vietnam on May 9-12.