Unlocking insights with Fastmarkets’ 67.5% Fe pellet feed indices

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the methodology for its audited steelmaking raw materials indices, as part of its announced annual methodology review process. The consultation, which is open until Friday March 27, seeks to ensure that our audited methodologies and price specifications continue to reflect the physical markets for steelmaking raw materials, […]

The publication of Fastmarkets’ Value-In-Use (VIU) indices for February 25 2026 were delayed due to a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

Mariana Minerals is aiming to reduce US lithium production costs by roughly 20% using software to manage plant operations, the company’s chief executive officer told Fastmarkets.

For a brief moment, the mining sector allowed itself to consider a bold idea: Rio Tinto and Glencore in merger discussions.

Learn about the robust iron ore methodology that ensures transparency and effective risk management for pricing mid-grade fines.

Following a two-week consultation period, which concluded on Thursday February 5, Fastmarkets has amended the publication time of the indices for MB-IRO-0011 iron ore 61% Fe fines, fot Qingdao, yuan/wet tonne, and MB-IRO-0022 iron ore 61% Fe fines, fot Qingdao, $/dmt conversion from daily at 6:30pm Singapore time to daily at 6:30pm Shanghai time, as well as to […]