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Following consultation with subscribers and as previously announced, Fastmarkets RISI will reduce assessments for sack kraft in Europe to one price per quarter, ending the reporting of retroactive prices. This change will take place from July 2020. The move is part of an ongoing effort to ensure our price assessments best fit the markets we […]

Random Lengths will begin reviewing methodologies and price specifications on an annual basis rather than twice a year. This decision aligns Random Lengths with all other Fastmarkets Price Reporting Agency divisions — including metals and mining and forest products — in conducting annual assessments. This policy was set in place earlier in 2020. The policy […]

Fastmarkets FOEX is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for its PIX China Pulp price indices, as part of its announced annual methodology review process. At the same time, Fastmarkets FOEX is proposing a change in schedule to publish the indices on Fridays rather than Tuesdays from September. The open consultation, which […]

Fastmarkets RISI is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for European paper and board assessments, as part of its announced annual methodology review process. This consultation, which is open until July 3rd, 2020, seeks to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the International […]

Fastmarkets FOEX invited feedback from the industry in an open consultation process between April 24th and May 22nd, 2020 on the pricing methodology for its PIX Packaging Europe price indices. The consultation was done as part of our previously announced annual methodology review process. During the consultation, Fastmarkets FOEX did not receive any suggestions for […]

Hitting the mid-to-upper $370s once more Thursday, futures failed to hold its upward momentum. Similar to earlier sessions, selling late Thursday through Friday pushed July back down into the $360s, about where it left off going into last week’s holiday weekend. Trading Thursday hit the high-water mark of $378.50, rebounding from Tuesday’s selloff to open […]

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