High Waste Paper Prices, China, and Trade Issues, Part one Supply and demand for waste paper grades was more-or-less in balance in the ‘90s. Demand was sufficient to consume all the waste paper that was being recovered. The situation changed radically on the ‘00s, however. Demand has increased substantially in recent years due to pressures […]

Coated Paper Market Been Down So Long This Looks Like Up North American coated paper mills were generally busier in September than August, but that ain’t saying much. Despite various announcements of price increases on coated freesheet and high-brightness coated groundwood papers, the unanimous word from the trenches is that no prices are moving up […]

Visy starts up new pulp line Australia’s Visy Paper has started up a new A$400 million ($200 million) pulp line at its greenfield mill in Tumut, New South Wales. The 629 tonne/day unbleached kraft pulp line was supplied by Kvaerner. The Anglo– Norwegian supplier also provided the recovery boiler, power boiler and lime kiln. The […]