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Vyborg Cellulose, a Russian producer of unbleached kraft pulp and containerboard which went bankrupt at the end of 2018, started white-top kraftliner (WTK) production in September, market sources confirmed to PPI Europe. The company is now under the management of Russia’s Segezha Group.Vyborg began trial production at the end of Q3 and manufactured 500 tonnes […]
SAO PAULO, 13 October 2020 (PPI Latin America) – Paraguay may be the next new source of bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) pulp in South America, as a project for a 1.5 million tonnes/yr mill in the country begins to take shape. After months of rumors, the company Paracel has begun to dialogue with local communities […]
SAN FRANCISCO, 9 October 2020 (PPI Pulp & Paper Week) – Four of the largest six North American containerboard and corrugated box companies were said to be out with early November price increases of 8-11% for corrugated boxes sheets, industry contacts told Fastmarkets RISI’s PPI Pulp & Paper Week as of Oct. 7. The largest […]
Producers that can make more than 85% of North American containerboard announced $50/ton price increases for linerboard and corrugating medium, effective Nov. 1 or 2. North America’s second biggest boxmaker WestRock announced the containerboard increase along with a 9% increase for its boxes and an 11% increase for its sheets, effective Nov. 1. The containerboard […]
Following market consultation and as previously announced, Random Lengths will make the following changes over the next few weeks. Random Lengths to move to simplify monthly average calculation With effect from September 2020, Random Lengths will simplify the process for calculating monthly averages. Monthly averages appear in the Random Lengths weekly publication and in Yardstick. […]
Despite the resumption of economic activities and signs of recovery in various sectors, paper mills are struggling to stay afloat as demand has not picked up yet, say industry operators. Sales of writing and printing paper, the key product of local mills, slumped 70 per cent to 15,000 tonnes per month since the detection of […]
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