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We have two new paper updates available: How Weak Are Coated Prices?, and The Thunder Bay Re-Start is Not Additional Capacity for AbitibiBowater. Just scroll down on the home page to reports dated Feb 11. read more »
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Verso Paper announced a price increase for its coated-freesheet papers yesterday, the first sign of life in the U.S. coated market after 10 dismal months. read more »
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(Germany) Effective June 1, 2009 BASF will increase its prices for acrylic acid and acrylic esters (glacial acrylic acid; methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate) in Europe/Africa/Middle East... read more »
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(USA) The price slide is over for now, proving that even when fiber market spreads are wide it can turn around. Substantial amounts have been added to the costal markets where exports thrive. Since the early and mid-May price postings, exports have led the way... read more »
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(UK) Amid an unexpectedly strong drop in newsprint deliveries and consumption, discussions about market share and prices are intensifying in the UK... read more »
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(India) Faced with the onslaught of cheaper imports, the domestic paper industry — writing, printing and newsprint — could come under severe pressure to cut prices in near future. As of now, the companies have decided to maintain last month’s prices... read more »
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(Canada) Canadian pulpmills and sawmills reduced production in the 1Q as demand for pulp, paper and lumber continued to slump both domestically and in the U.S., a key market for Canada. No province was spared; even pulp-producing companies in the low-cost province of Alberta... read more »
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(Australia) A timber industry analyst says the entire sector will be affected by Gunns' stagnant woodchip price... read more »
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(France) Suppliers of woodfree uncoated paper in France found that ordering had "stabilised at a low level," as one producer put it. As a rule, demand seemed to have fallen sharply in the first quarter compared with the same period last year... read more »
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A lot of folks (buyers, mills, banks, bond-rating agencies, etc.) are trying to make decisions now based partly on where paper prices are headed. So let's help them out with some "crowdsourcing" -- cast your vote! read more »
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If you think prices for coated paper have declined a lot recently, hang on to your hats. A bigger drop may be just around the corner... read more »
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(North America) In North America, the list price for Northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) has slipped to $675/metric ton but the spot-market sales price is an even lower $605, down from $705 in January... read more »
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Europe is currently both the largest producer and consumer of wood pellets in the world. Consumption in 2008 was estimated to be over eight million tons, with Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy being the largest consumers on the continent... read more »
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(USA) The WRQ Global Average Wood Fiber Price Indices recorded their sharpest quarterly decline since their inception in 1988, as wood fiber consumption by struggling pulp and paper industries decreased worldwide in the 4Q/08... read more »
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Arjowiggins' Carbonless Papers has announced a price increase of 8% for its Idem Superior carbonless reels and sheets. The rise is with effect from deliveries on 1 March 2009 onwards. A spokesman for Arjowiggins said the reasons behind the increase include foreign exchange rates and costs.
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(USA) Spot pulp prices plunge to 2005 levels as more cutbacks hinted at... read more »
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(Turkey) Publishers using imported paper are facing tough times due to rising costs in line with increasing exchange rates. Many publishers have changed their press schedule and delayed publishing books that require high-quality paper... read more »
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(USA) Fluff pulp prices are continuing down and producers are saying they will cut prices even further. According to Purchasingdata.com’s buyer surveys, fluff pulp prices peaked at $925/metric ton in August and has dropped down to $850 in January. read more »
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(USA) RISI has announced new weekly price coverage of US exports of recovered paper to China. Targeted towards buyers, sellers, investors and others involved in recovered paper... read more »
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(Europe) Papermakers are being forced to moderate price demands for newsprint in central Europe this year as weakening demand fuels resistance from publishers, according to an official at Axel Springer AG, Europe’s largest producer of newspapers... read more »
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(India) After more than a year of climbing steadily, the prices for imported newsprint have dropped to $650 per tonne, down 27.7% from $900 last quarter. ContentSutra has learned that over the past week, Indian publishers have struck deals with representatives of Pan Asia Paper Co... read more »
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(USA) The forest industry continues to struggle in Canada with many forest companies making the difficult decisions to close plants permanently, thus laying off thousands of people in pulpmills, OSB mills and sawmills throughout the country... read more »
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(USA) Despite production cutbacks, soft new-order volume has dropped linerboard prices as low as $540/ton for February deliveries, according to a survey of buyers that put the January average at $560. In a note to clients, analyst Mark Wilde at Deutsche Bank-North America... read more »
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(France) France's newsprint market is already at a relatively advanced stage in price negotiations this year. Insiders reported that many transactions had already been concluded by the end of January, under which buyers and sellers agreed on price hikes that might go as high as 8-9%. read more »
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(USA) As a result of weakening markets for lumber and pulp, many US forest companies announced temporary, and even some permanent plant closures this past fall. There are no signs that the pulp market will turn around in the first quarter, so with continued slow demand... read more »
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