Price Reporter - Critical Minerals

Fastmarkets • Houston, TX

11d

About The Position

Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets.
Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 700 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland and beyond.

The Role
Foster knowledge of market fundamentals, supply chain, end uses and key participants for the US and Canadian critical minerals markets, including but not limited to minor metals.
Collect pricing data and be supported to set price assessments in line with the company’s methodology, price specifications and principles, and IOSCO principles.
Write market commentaries, news and insight with support from senior colleagues.
Support colleagues on their beats to build up a wider knowledge base.
Help manage and expand the number of industry contacts that submit pricing data.
Help foster Fastmarkets’ prices and expertise through the team’s market engagement plans.
Attend meetings and report on events and webinars alongside colleagues on behalf of the company.

Requirements

• A high level of written and spoken English.
• Interest in and understanding of critical minerals markets – experience with US government policy a plus.
• An interest in and understanding of financial markets and commodities.
• Strong networking and communication skills, and good confident telephone manner.
• Ability to work with discipline and dynamism and take initiatives to cover stories and find information out.
• Team player who fosters excellent working culture and acts - both internally and externally - in a courteous and professional manner with impeccable integrity.
• General curiosity in expanding market knowledge and commitment to join in projects and take part in training courses.
• Ability to work with numbers and spreadsheets and produce analytical editorial copy.
• People skills to answer queries about prices and particular pricing sessions.

Nice To Haves

• Interest in and understanding of critical minerals markets – experience with US government policy a plus.

Responsibilities

• Learn how to cover commodity market fundamentals (i.e. supply chain, end-uses, key participants).
• Start collecting pricing data and learn to set prices in line with the company’s robust methodology, price specifications and IOSCO principles.
• Learn to write market commentaries, breaking news and insightful copy with PRA angles, to support the growth in readership and the use of Fastmarkets’ prices in physical and financial contracts.
• Back colleagues up on their metals pricing beats to provide cover and consistency for the market and build up a wider knowledge base.
• Manage and expand the number of industry contacts that submit pricing data and give news exclusives, using all means of communication including face-to-face meetings, conference attendance and networking.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees