On September 25, the discontinuation was postponed from the originally scheduled final publication to take into account the needs of market participants that still had physical contracts linked to the lithium contract assessments in place. The affected prices are:• MB-LI-0031Lithium hydroxide monohydrate LiOH.H2O 56.5% LiOH min, battery grade, contract price cif China, Japan & Korea• MB-LI-0027Lithium carbonate 99.5% Li2CO3 min, battery […]

Fastmarkets confirms it will discontinue its lithium contract assessments after their final publication date of Tuesday, December 24.

Fastmarkets invites feedback on the pricing methodology for its aluminium 6063 extrusion billet premiums ddp Italy, ddp North Germany and ddp Spain ahead of the definitive period of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which starts from January 2026.

To view and download the schedules please visit: https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology/forest-products. For questions and comments please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com.

Read the latest update on the proposed delay to the implementation to the EUDR.

Fastmarkets is to amend the timing window for its MB-AL-0381 aluminium low-carbon differential P1020A from Friday December 6.

Due to a public holiday there is no PIX publishing on Tuesday December 24, 2024. The PIX Pulp and Paper Europe and PIX Sawn Timber Finland indices will be published on Friday December 27, 2024, at 12 noon Helsinki time instead. The PIX Pulp China indices will be published normally on Friday December 27, 2024, […]

The postponement will now be voted on by both the Parliament and the Council.

Policymakers in Europe need to follow a “steel action plan” to a avert a crisis in steelmaking, the European steel industry association Eurofer said this week

“Everyone expects an upturn in terms of demand but the market is not turning up,” one producer said.