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To reflect better current market dynamics and following consultation with stakeholders, RISI has made the following changes to European graphic paper price coverage with effect from September 2018. 1)            Discontinue price assessments for 48.8-g newsprint in France, Germany and Spain (Price IDs 453, 461, and 475). 2)            Discontinue price assessments for 60-g SC-A rotogravure reels […]

As previously announced, RISI has implemented the following changes to its UK newsprint price coverage in PPI Europe from January 2018: 1)            Discontinued price assessments for 48.8-g newsprint as this grade is used less                 and less. 2)            Returned to assessing 40-g newsprint based on a full-yield formula, using the 45-g                 price as a […]

Brazilian pulp and paper producer Suzano had it is long-term foreign and local-currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at ‘BB+’ and its national scale long-term rating at ‘AA+, due the company’s leading position in printing and writing paper and paperboard in Brazil, and for its position as the fourth largest producer of market pulp in the […]

While the regular publication date for North American recovered paper prices is the 5th of the month, there are certain exceptions: Prices are published on the 6th or 7th when there are less than 2 business days before the 5th of the month due to the national US holidays. For example, in January 2016, the […]

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