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Due to a production error, European fluff pulp assessments published in PPI Pulp & Paper Week on Nov. 15 appeared incorrectly as $1,110/tonne. The correct price is $1,100-1,110/tonne, in line with US fluff pulp assessments. The correct European fluff pulp assessment appeared online in the RISI portal and mobile app. The Price Watch table in […]
A few changes and additions to the Random Lengths lumber and panel guides take effect with this issue. In the lumber price guide, the deduct price range for Western S-P-F Std&Btr 2×4 random dimension has been retired. This deduct range, which was published in footnotes on pages 5 and 6, was from the #2&Btr price. […]
Exceptionally, Fastmarkets RISI will publish its next quarterly assessment for sack kraft in Europe on October 17 instead of the originally scheduled October 10. For comments and queries, please email pricing.risi@fastmarkets.com. To view Fastmarkets RISI’s price publishing schedules please see here.
As previously announced, Fastmarkets RISI launched new price assessments for 30-/31-lb recycled linerboard in the US domestic market on Sept. 20, 2019. The new price assessments will be published monthly in PPI Pulp & Paper Week’s Containerboard Price Watch, the Fastmarkets RISI online portal, and the mobile app. The new assessments will appear alongside existing […]
With no suitable offers for Flambeau River Papers (FRP) to sell its Park Falls, WI, uncoated freesheet (UFS) paper mill, the facility is to go to auction next week on Sept. 18. The following day, Price County Judge Kevin Klein is expected to approve or deny the sale, according to receiver Rebecca DeMarb. DeMarb explained […]
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