In December, increased demand from various industries led to a 5-10% rise in EU animal fats prices, supported by high seasonal rendering activity and regulatory factors affecting vegetable oil supply.

BEK pulp prices in Europe dropped $40/tonne in April, driven by US import tariff uncertainties and weaker demand in China.

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Fastmarkets has amended the specifications for its CFR Europe flat steel import price assessments to better reflect the most typical sizes of spot market transactions. Following the consultation, which ended on Wednesday December 24, Fastmarkets amended the specifications for its CFR Europe flat steel import price assessments on Wednesday December 31. Based on feedback from market […]

Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue its weekly price assessments for AG-TLW-0028 Category 3 bone fat, high grade, 5% ffa, 98%, max 200 ppm polyethylene, ddp Northwest Europe and AG-TLW-0029 Category 3 pure beef tallow, 10% ffa, 99%, ddp Northwest Europe.

Based on market feedback received and data collected, Fastmarkets has changed the free fatty acids (FFA) content to a maximum of 5% and iodine value (IV) to a minimum of 70 grams of iodine/mercury (hg), to reflect a specification used more commonly in the market. The updated quality specification of the prices are as follows: […]

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