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Paracel’s current 103,000 hectares (ha) of eucalyptus plantations are sufficient for the start-up of the company’s planned new greenfield mill in Paraguay by 2027, chief executive officer Flavio Deganutti confirmed to Fastmarkets in an exclusive interview. Paracel has continued to make progress in its project to build a new 1.8-million-tonne-per-year bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) pulp […]
Prices for old corrugated containers (OCC) in Mexico were unchanged in April, with imported grades remaining stable month over month for the first time this year, Fastmarkets has learned. Prices for imported OCC held at $120-130 per ton. The firm pricing follows $10-per-ton increases in March and January as well as a $15-per-ton rise in February. […]
Fastmarkets FOEX would like to thank those who took the time to respond to the consultation. Fastmarkets FOEX did not propose any changes to the methodology. The feedback was fully supportive of the current methodology. To summarize, this open consultation does not lead to material changes in the current methodology. A newly dated methodology document […]
Fastmarkets has collected feedback from the industry on pricing methodologies for Random Lengths and Random Lengths International as part of its annual methodology review.
In this open consultation, Fastmarkets FOEX proposed to add the 5-digit grade codes according to the EN 643 ‘European List of Standard Grades of Paper and Board for Recycling’ to its methodology document. The feedback received was fully supportive to this. This is not considered as a material change. A newly dated methodology document, including […]
The Pulp and Paper Products Council (PPPC) reported on Wednesday that global chemical market pulp producer inventories increased to 42 days-of-supply in February, rising one day-of-supply vs a revised January result. Global shipments rose 12.8% year-over-year to 4.509 million tonnes. February producer stockpiles closed at the 42-day mark with a one-day increase vs January, but […]
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