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Fastmarkets FOEX invited feedback from the industry in an open consultation process between April 7th and May 5th, 2020 on the pricing methodology for its PIX Paper price indices. The consultation was done as part of our previously announced annual methodology review process. During the consultation, Fastmarkets FOEX did not receive any suggestions for changes to […]

Fastmarkets RISI invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for North American Packaging Paper and Board and North American Recovered Paper, via an open consultation process between March 27th and April 24th, 2020. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process. No feedback was received during the consultation […]

Due to a typing error, Southern Bleached Softwood Kraft delivered to the US East was incorrectly published Apr 29 in the Fastmarkets RISI online portal, mobile app and World Pulp Monthly Table 5. The correct price should have read $1060/tonne and not $1160/tonne as originally published. The database and Table 5 have now been corrected. […]

China’s Taison Group is planning to build 150,000 tonnes/yr of bamboo pulp, 200,000 tonnes/yr of uncoated fine paper (UFP) and 250,000 tonnes/yr of tissue paper capacity in Leshan city, Sichuan. The projects will be carried out at existing mills run by Sichuan Yongfeng Paper, the largest bamboo pulp producer in the country and an indirect […]

Fastmarkets FOEX is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for its PIX Packaging Europe price indices, as part of its newly announced annual methodology review process. This consultation, which is open until May 22th, 2020, seeks to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with […]

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Apr. 14, 2020 (Fastmarkets RISI) – Forest Biomass Finland Forest Chips Sub-Index appeared incorrectly for a short time Tuesday, April 14 in the Fastmarkets RISI portal and mobile app. The correct index value is Eur21.99/MWh, not Eur21.90/MWh as originally appeared. All databases have now been corrected. The values sent out to FOEX customers by […]

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