Barchart and Fastmarkets Partner to Deliver Comprehensive Metals and Mining Price Data

Fastmarkets' metals and mining prices are now available on Barchart's cmdtyView and streaming services, giving clients a fuller view of global metals markets alongside LME and CME contracts

CHICAGO, Oct. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Barchart, a global leader of commodity data, trading and software, today announced an expanded partnership with Fastmarkets, the industry-leading cross-commodity price reporting agency (PRA). Through this partnership, Fastmarkets' metals and mining prices as well as freight rate data are now available to Barchart clients in cmdtyView and via Barchart's streaming services.

Fastmarkets has been supporting commodity markets with trusted price discovery and market intelligence since 1865. Its metals and mining price data spans more than 1,500 IOSCO-compliant benchmark assessments across base metals, battery raw materials, steel and steel raw materials, scrap and secondary materials, ores and alloys, minor metals, and industrial minerals. For clients tracking supply chains from mine to metal, this level of granularity has long been difficult to find in one place.

Fastmarkets' independently assessed benchmarks are relied upon across global supply chains for contract settlement, procurement decisions and risk management, helping market participants navigate increasingly complex physical commodity markets.

The addition of Fastmarkets pricing builds on Barchart's growing metals data offering, which includes a direct exchange connection to the London Metal Exchange (LME) and access to CME metals futures and options. Where LME and CME contracts provide the exchange-traded, futures-based view of metals markets, Fastmarkets' physical price assessments fill in the picture with independently reported, benchmark-grade pricing across the broader value chain — including markets, like battery raw materials and steel raw materials, that don't trade on a central exchange. Used together, clients get a more complete read on a market: exchange price discovery and hedging alongside the physical benchmarks that underpin contracts, negotiations, and risk decisions.

That combination is especially relevant in today's copper market. Copper prices have remained elevated in 2026 amid tight global supply and surging demand tied to electrification and AI infrastructure buildout. In a market moving this fast, having exchange pricing and independently assessed physical benchmarks side by side gives traders, risk managers, and analysts a clearer, faster way to separate futures-driven moves from what's actually happening in physical supply and demand.

"Fastmarkets is trusted to provide reliable, benchmark-grade prices across global metals and mining markets, and having them join our data platform is a significant enhancement for our clients," said Mark Haraburda, CEO of Barchart. "Paired with our direct LME connection and CME coverage, this partnership gives metals professionals one of the most complete views of the market available anywhere."

"Metals markets today demand more than a single data point — clients need the exchange view and the physical view together to really understand what's driving price," said Will Osnato, Barchart's Director of Commodity Data Research & Analysis. "Fastmarkets' depth of coverage, especially across battery raw materials and steel, rounds out our metals dataset in a way that's genuinely useful for how our clients actually trade and manage risk."

"The metals and mining markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, with supply chain complexity, geopolitical shifts and the energy transition all influencing pricing and trade flows. Making Fastmarkets benchmarks available through Barchart helps ensure more market participants can access the trusted price signals they need to make informed commercial and risk management decisions," said Raju Daswani, CEO of Fastmarkets.

Access to Fastmarkets metals and mining price data through Barchart requires an active Fastmarkets subscription. To learn more about adding Fastmarkets data to your workflow, please visit our website.

About Barchart
‍Barchart is a leading provider of market data and services to the global financial, media, and commodity industries. Our diversified client base trusts Barchart's innovative Solutions across data, software, and technology to power their operation from front to back office, while our Media brands enable financial and commodity professionals to make decisions through web content, news, and publications. For more information, please visit www.barchart.com/solutions.

About Fastmarkets
Fastmarkets is an industry-leading PRA and information provider for the agriculture, forest products, metals, carbon and energy transition markets. Its benchmark prices, analytics, forecasts, and insights are critical to customers seeking to trade, manage risk, and understand complex global markets.

Fastmarkets was founded in 1913, with a heritage dating back to 1865 through several of its acquired brands. Fastmarkets employs more than 700 people worldwide, with offices across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. The company is privately held and backed by Astorg, a leading European private equity firm.

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