Fastmarkets has amended its publication calendar to show that the daily southern yellow pine (SYP) price will be published on Tuesday June 30, which had previously been marked as a non-publishing day.

Fastmarkets proposes to launch soybean CFR China (Pacific Northwest) premium and outright price assessments on Friday July 24.

US lumber yards substitute Southern Yellow Pine for dwindling Canadian and European softwood imports, impacting grade availability and market dynamics across the country.

As Mexico seeks to strengthen domestic manufacturing supply chains and reduce its reliance on imported steel products, special bar quality (SBQ) steel has emerged as one of the segments offering the greatest growth potential for local producers, according to TYASA’s three chief executive officers, whom Fastmarkets sat down with in an exclusive interview to discuss the company’s new SBQ rolling mill.

Fastmarkets has corrected its FP-PLP-0016 Pulp, fluff (US southern kraft, untreated, rolls), delivered US East, $/tonne, and FP-PLP-0009 Pulp, fluff, US southern kraft untreated rolls, cif Europe, $/tonne, which were published incorrectly on Friday June 12.

Fastmarkets is proposing to change the names of six current softwood pallet prices and add 102 new softwood pallet price assessments covering the North American market, effective July 29.

US linerboard prices are set to rise again this month, marking a rare second formal increase in four months amid permanent capacity cuts and climbing manufacturing costs.

This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process. No feedback was received during the consultation period and therefore no changes will be made to the methodologies at this stage. This consultation sought to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the International […]

Fastmarkets has launched eight monthly price assessments for tissue jumbo/parent rolls in North America on Friday June 12, 2026.

In response to growing market participation and increased use of its daily southern yellow (SYP) assessment, Fastmarkets is updating the published methodology to provide additional transparency regarding the tally formula used in the price calculation process.