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Prices for recycled fiber-based containerboard (RCCM) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region experienced minor changes in January, with locally produced testliner and fluting stable or slightly lower compared with December, against the expectations of Fastmarkets contacts. Fastmarkets’ PIX Testliner GCC index edged down by $2.88 per tonne, or 0.60%, to close at $473.92 per […]

A 30-day delay in implementation of tariffs on Canadian shipments to the US reset recent trends in framing lumber markets. Sales picked up in most regions and species, but higher quotes early in the week retreated nearer to last week’s levels. Western S-P-F sales were mixed, but several secondaries reported their strongest days of the […]

China has introduced new export controls on five critical metals and related technologies, effective from February 4.

The photovoltaic (PV) solar power industry is continuing to evolve, but demand for gallium as a doping element in silicon-based PV cells is gradually declining, market participants told Fastmarkets early in 2025.

Bearishness in China’s photovoltaic (PV) industry is expected to remain in 2025 amid overcapacity, market participants widely agree.

US Census Bureau data released on Wednesday, February 5 shows calendar year 2024 imports were 18% below import totals in the same period of 2023, while calendar year 2024 exports were 31% below comparative 2023 exports. Biodiesel imports experienced quarter-on-quarter declines in each quarter during 2024. Imports were expected to fall as the market began […]

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