The global recovered paper (RCP) market has been quite volatile for the past couple of years. After a strong upturn in 2021, the global market for bulk grades of RCP collapsed in the second half of 2022. Most regions found their bottoms at the end of 2022 or the beginning of 2023, and the global […]

On Wednesday December 20, Brazil’s largest packaging paper producer, Klabin, announced that it had purchased forest assets from Arauco for $1.16 billion.  The deal covers a total of 150,000 hectares, concentrated in Paraná state in southern Brazil, including 85,000 ha of pine and bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) plantations, along with 31.50 million tonnes of standing […]

Ribas do Rio Pardo, MS, Jan 2, 2024 (PPI Latin America) – Brazilian company Suzano, the world’s largest bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) pulp producer, is approaching the final stages of its Cerrado project, a new greenfield mill in Ribas do Rio Pardo city, Mato Grosso do Sul state, designed to produce 2.55 million tonnes per year […]

Fastmarkets FOEX would like to thank those who took the time to respond to the consultation. The feedback received included comments both for and against the proposal. Those ones against were mostly general, but no respondent said that the index is actively commercially used by them. Considering the responses, Fastmarkets FOEX has arrived at a […]

Pulp buyers snap up domestic resale BSK tonnages instead as prices declined proportionally with BSK futures

Uncover how the European Green Deal and the new circular economy action plan could promote sustainability and encourage competitive economic growth in the paper and packaging industry

Pulp price rally in China  With the backdrop of a pulp price recovery taking shape in China, leading pulp and paper industry participants met last week in London, with upside risk present in the market for the first time in over a year. The strong seasonal bump for demand in China in the second half […]

Fastmarkets FOEX is inviting feedback from the industry on the proposal to discontinue its PIX US NBSK Pulp (North America) index.

Despite the precarious condition of the European pulp market, there have been some price increases for bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) pulp and northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp

Bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp in Brazil has dropped 38.2% year on year, according to Fastmarkets’ price survey