(USA) Effective immediately or as terms permit, Kemira Pulp&Paper will increase pricing of all grades of sodium chlorate by $50 per ton in North America... read more »
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(Germany) Prices for raw materials, pulp, logistics and energy costs have been increasing steadily for some time. So far Mitsubishi HiTec Paper has absorbed these additional
costs and avoided raising prices for as long as possible... read more »
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(Russia) Russian domestic log prices fell sharply in the 1Q 2008 from their peak in the 4Q of last year, according to the market report Wood Resource Quarterly. Pine sawlog prices declined 22%, softwood pulpwood prices were down 20% and hardwood pulpwood costs fell just over 15%... read more »
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(India) Ballarpur Industries Ltd has increased prices of coated paper by 2,500 rupees a tonne with immediate effect, a senior official has informed. read more »
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(USA) Rock-Tenn has announced a $40.00 per ton price increase on Carton Mate(R) bleached paperboard. The price increase is effective with shipments on June 2, 2008... read more »
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(India) Ballarpur Industries Ltd is considering raising coated paper prices by at least 2,000 rupees a tonne in a few days. read more »
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(India) Rising input costs may force state-owned Hindustan Paper Corp to increase paper and newsprint prices in 2008/09, a top official said recently. read more »
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(Brazil) Pulpwood costs in Brazil will continue to be record high as competition increases for smaller logs between the pulp, energy and wood panel sectors. Wood costs in the 4Q/07 were almost twice the level of four years ago... read more »
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(India) Rise in raw material prices and absence of any tax relief from the government have made the going tough for corrugated box industry. The industry, which has been going through a rough patch in recent times, is now planning to increase the prices of the end products. read more »
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(India) Expressing fears that language dailies may soon close down in view of the steep hike in the newsprint cost, the Indian Newspaper Society on Thursday said the issue would be raised in both Houses of Parliament to find a "lasting solution to the grave crisis". read more »
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(India) Faced with rapidly escalating newsprint (NP) prices, Indian newspaper publishers have announced significant hikes in advertising rates, doubling them in some cases, to protect margins and tide over the crisis, even as measures are on to ask the government to remove the 5% import duty... read more »
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(India) The bad news for newspaper publishers — and there are over 40,000 newspapers in India — has just grown worse. The price of newsprint, imported or indigenous, is set to touch $1,000 per tonne, and this after a 23 per cent increase over the previous four months that took prices to $760 a ton. read more »
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(USA) Despite the slowing national economy, pulpwood prices in coastal South Carolina have been resilient because of decreased lumber production and increased exports, according to an expert in the forest products industry... read more »
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(Belgium) Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. has announced that it will raise prices by 40 Euro per metric ton on all paperboard grades in continental Europe. In addition, the Company will raise prices by 10 GBP per metric ton on all paperboard grades in the United Kingdom... read more »
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(Japan) Nippon Paper Group Inc., Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd. and Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. said Monday the three will raise by at least 15 pct their prices for printing and thermal paper as well as other products for shipments from June 1. read more »
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(USA) Effective April 18, 2008, or as contracts permit, The Dow Chemical Company is increasing prices for all hollow plastic pigment latex products by US$0.11/lb (dry); and for styrene acrylate and vinyl acrylate products by US$0.10/lb (dry) sold by Dow Emulsion Polymers to customers in the USA... read more »
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(Canada) According to the North American Wood Fiber Review, wood costs for pulpmills in Canada, calculated in U.S. dollar terms, have gone up between 15% and 20% the past 12 months. Alberta and the Maritime provinces have the lowest wood fiber costs in Canada, with conifer chips and pulpwood... read more »
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