Fastmarkets Knowledge Base

Exchange data summary

Published May 30th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Exchange data Quick view summary The dashboard provides the ability to view pricing from the London Metal Exchange (LME), CME Group (CME) and Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) in pre-configured widgets. LME Official Prices widget LME Unofficial Prices widget CME Settlement Prices widget SHFE Close Prices widget How to set up an Exchange Pricing widg

Excel Add-in technical

Published May 30th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Is it possible to disable automatic updates and specify where the add-in installs? In version FastmarketsAddIn.1.1.331 and above, it is possible as an administrator to enter command line arguments for the MSI installer to control the folder for the installation and a user’s ability to enable or disable updates to the latest version. There are three

How to find and display average prices

Published May 29th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Introduction Fastmarkets publishes weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly price averages based on the underlying actual assessments. For certain cobalt prices (MB-CO-0004 and MB-CO-0005), we also publish weighted averages of trades. The averages are published on the first day of the next average period for the previous average. For a monthly average

Dashboard release notes

Published May 30th, 2025 by Marc Norris

New features and functionality This page highlights some key new features in the Dashboard. June 2025 News API - extended search Functionality Fastmarkets Dashboard - available on tablet devices Date picker on price widgets improvement New short-term forecast prices & analysis launched for scrap and steel Harmonisation of short-term forecast c

How to access short-term forecasts in the Dashboard

Published May 30th, 2025 by Marc Norris

How to access short-term forecasts Fastmarkets have over 30 years expertise in providing forecast analytics to help you plan purchasing or manage inventories; guiding your next decision or negotiation whether you are buying, trading or hedging. Discover short-term forecasts in the Dashboard using our pre-built Market Pages, explore how to work with

How to search for prices

Published May 24th, 2025 by Marc Norris

How to search for prices Learn how to use the Search Assist Tool to search for prices and news in the dashboard. Further help Further help Need more help? If after reading these instructions you have further questions ab If you have more questions or need further support please look at all the help content available on our Support Hub. If you can'

Access battery raw materials (BRM) long-term forecast

Published May 30th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Access battery raw material (BRM) long-term forecasts Learn how to access our 10 year long-term forecast content in the Dashboard Reports Library.

Newsletters

Published May 24th, 2025 by Marc Norris

How to set up newsletters Customized Newsletters are published in PDF and HTML email formats on a daily and weekly basis based on the Dashboard Market page newsletter options you select. Customized Newsletters have been designed for customers who wish to receive a digest via email / pdf of prices and/or news depending on their subscription or have p

How to use market pages

Published May 29th, 2025 by Marc Norris

How to use market pages Introduction Market pages are pre-populated workspaces created by our editorial team to be used as starting point to start exploring Fastmarkets data and analysis and can be used as the basis to create your own customized workspaces or sign up for a newsletter. You can access them by clicking on the All Markets menu in the na

Use Search and save your favorite prices

Published May 30th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Introduction – The search tool You might also be interested in reading the user guides to other related topics including; Comparing Prices, News, Charts, Alerts, Historic Prices and Customizing your Workspace. The search tool, which can be found at the top of the Dashboard or within widgets, can be used to find prices and news articles by using k

How to export prices from the Dashboard

Published May 30th, 2025 by Marc Norris

How to export prices Learn how to export prices from the Dashboard to work with data in Excel spreadsheets for contract negotiation or analysis, or download in PDF format to add to attach to contracts or use in business reports or presentations. INTRODUCTION Data or images may be printed, exported and copied for use in spreadsheets, reports and pr

Getting Started with the Dashboard

Published May 29th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Getting started with the Dashboard Learn how to navigate around the Fastmarkets Dashboard and get started with prices and news for your market and workflow. The Dashboard, available via web browser or as a desktop application, provides the ultimate flexibility in accessing, comparing and monitoring Fastmarkets Metals & Mining prices and news in

Download and install the Excel Add-in

Published May 30th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Introduction This page and video explains how to download and install the Excel add-in. Installation Prerequisites In order to use Fastmarkets’ Excel Add-in, please ensure you are working with the following: Windows versions – Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10 Microsoft Excel versions – 2010 or later (32 and 64 bit) Please note: Fastmarkets’

Excel Add-in release notes

Published May 30th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Excel add-in release notes and product updates Our release notes provide you with information on the features and improvements for each version of our Excel Add-in. You can download a PDF which outlines key changes in each release, as well as a user guide. Version 1.3.1198 | May 2025 | Download | User guide Version 1.3.1178 | April 2025 | Download |

Short-term forecasts

Published May 30th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Introduction - short term forecasts In a time of increased uncertainty critical insight into price forecasts provides the ability to make better informed decisions. Fastmarkets have been providing research analytics for over 30 years and our forecasts are built on a robust methodology which will enable you to plan purchasing or manage inventories; g

Battery raw material (BRM) forecasts

Published May 30th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Introduction to battery raw material forecasts Fastmarkets’ battery raw materials long-term forecast content is published quarterly and provides prices, forecasts and 10-year outlooks for key battery materials that you can rely on to reflect supply and demand conditions now and for the future. The Dashboard Reports Library is where you can find th

Convert currency and unit of measure in the Dashboard

Published May 29th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Introduction The Dashboard has the capacity to convert the base currency and/or unit of measure for prices so that they can be compared on a like-for-like basis. Currency and unit conversions are available in the Single Price Tile, Multi Price Table, Historic Data Table and Price Chart widgets. Foreign exchange rate source for conversion The D

Copying from Dashboard to Add-In

Published May 30th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Copying dynamic data from the dashboard into Excel This video shows you how to manually copy data from the dashboard into Excel so that you can continue to work with and manipulate a data set.

Create and customize your workspace

Published May 24th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Customize a workspace Customized workspaces are blank canvases on which you will add tools to track the prices and markets that are vital to your business. You can save and pin your favourite workspaces or you can use the market page templates already available to you. It is also possible to share workspaces with other Dashboard users. Workspaces ar

Searching for news

Published May 24th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Searching for news Save time searching, filtering or repeating news searches on key topics or markets with our News List widget. Understand the markets that matter to you by creating a customized news feed, multiple saved searches to display alongside prices and charts. Using the News widget Click Add Widget from the top menu Select News List w

Working with Excel Add-in templates

Published May 30th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Learn how to use the Excel add-in This video explains how to use key features of the excel add in. - you can download templates from Download Excel Add-in templates .

How to compare prices in chart

Published May 29th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Compare prices in a chart View and compare historical pricing in graphical or tabular format for up to eight prices.

Is it possible to create IP restrictions by User ID?

Published May 30th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Is it possible to create IP restrictions by User ID? IP restrictions by user is not a feature that we offer for this product. The Excel Add-in authenticates and authorizes users using well established and robust security standards (such as OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect). As such, introducing IP restrictions has not been considered necessary.

How to create an historical table of prices

Published May 30th, 2025 by Marc Norris

Introduction Assessing historical prices is critical for understanding market trends, assessing volatility, and creating forecasts. View historical series for multiple prices in the Fastmarkets Dashboard either directly from the Price Chart widget (view up to eight prices) or in the Historic Price Table widget (view up to 20 prices). Historic pri