Fastmarkets has corrected its assessments of the black mass payable indicators, cif South Korea, for both nickel and cobalt, which were published incorrectly on Wednesday August 16 due to a back-end calculation error.

Fastmarkets has amended the pricing symbols for two of its black mass prices.

The change in publication time, which kicks in on Tuesday February 18, followed market feedback that the previous publication time was not optimal in its alignment with the operational hours of the Chinese market. The adjustment will enhance the relevance and efficiency of pricing through a better reflection of the activity within the local market. The new specifications […]

Fastmarkets proposes to amend its daily price assessment for cobalt, standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, with the additions of Greatpower cut cathodes, Hanrui cut cathodes, Lygend cut cathodes, Tengyuan cut cathodes and Umicore S1 powder to the brand list. The changes to the specification would be as follows, with the proposed new brands in italics: MB-CO-0005 cobalt standard grade, […]

Fastmarkets proposes to amend the frequency of the publication of several US base metal price assessments to a monthly basis, including MB-PB-0006 lead 99.97% ingot premium, ddp Midwest US; MB-SN-0036 tin 99.85% premium, in-whs Baltimore; MB-SN-0011 tin 99.85% premium, ddp Midwest US; MB-NI-0240 nickel 4x4 cathode premium, delivered Midwest US and MB-NI-0241 nickel briquette premium, delivered Midwest US.

The publication of Fastmarkets’ European titanium scrap and ferro-titanium prices on June 28, 2023, took place earlier than scheduled due to an editor error in the approval process.

Fastmarkets launched assessments for MB-FEM-0008 green ferroalloy domestic, ferro-manganese max 7% C, 65% Mn min, differential to FeMn assessment, in-whs China and MB-FEM-0009 green ferroalloy domestic, ferro-manganese max 7% C, 65% Mn min, weekly inferred price, in-whs China on Friday November 1.

Publication of Fastmarkets’ price assessments for four vanadium-related products was made on Thursday May 30 earlier than 2pm UK time, stipulated in the methodology, due to a procedural lapse. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

Following a consultation period and market feedback, Fastmarkets has realigned its black mass payables for nickel and cobalt in nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) and nickel cobalt aluminium (NCA) black mass, effective from Wednesday August 16.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback on the pricing methodology for MB-AL-0004 aluminium P1020A premium, in-whs dp Rotterdam and MB-AL-0346 aluminium P1020A premium, in-whs dup Rotterdam ahead of the definitive period of the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism which starts from January 2026.