In an unusual, awkward marketplace where demand was mixed, and one large producer this week even announced mill and sheet plant permanent closures, linerboard prices increased narrowly by $40/ton in North America’s open market, according to a survey of buyers and sellers by Fastmarkets’ PPI Pulp & Paper Week. Looking to stay updated on price trends […]

The pace of demand for paper packaging in the US slowed in 2023 due to end-user destocking and prices for unbleached paper dropped by $40-50 compared to 2022

In a marketplace with more than enough supply and unsettled demand, pricing for linerboard held unchanged for January, as major integrated mills lined up their Jan. 1 invoices for higher pricing of $70/ton on linerboard and $100-110/ton for corrugating medium in North America’s open market. Based on Fastmarkets’ PPI Pulp & Paper Week pricing survey, roughly one-third […]

In a letter to its employees seen by Fastmarkets on Wednesday January 24, the independently owned Magnitude 7 Metals LLC aluminium smelter in Marston, Missouri said it would curtail its operations over the course of the next three to five days, and that “most employees will no longer be required after January 28”

Steep declines in multifamily housing starts contributed to a disappointing finish for the 2023 Canadian housing market. According to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, November housing starts for all areas declined by 22% from last month. Starts were logged at an annualized rate of 212,624 units, down from 272,264 in October, a 19% drop […]

This increase was most notable in Rotterdam and Italy, reaching their highest levels since October 2023, underscoring the market’s sensitivity to global events

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Legislation to implement a US production tax credit for rare earth magnets made domestically has been introduced in the US Senate with bipartisan backing, the proposing senators announced on Friday December 15

This recommendation, along with others like promoting domestic battery recycling and research funding for alternative battery chemistries, is part of a larger strategy to enhance US resilience in strategic areas

Wood products sales are linked heavily to residential construction, and builders, with a keen awareness of the housing market, have not shown much confidence in recent months