EUWID - Recycling and Waste Management

Marked by tight availability, allocated deliveries and converters’ fears of not receiving adequate supplies, the kraftliner market in Germany continues to favour sellers.

Implementation of price hikes for woodfree coated paper of 6-8% is in the crucial stage, manufacturers report saying that first orders have been booked at new prices.

Stora Enso will permanently close down the 195.000 tpy newsprint paper machine at its German Maxau mill. Newsprint production at Maxau is scheduled to stop

Tembec Inc. has announced the definite closure of its 200,000 tpy Pine Falls newsprint mill. The mill has been offline since 1 September 2009 following a labour dispute

Holmen will invest approximately SEK40m in the modernising the pulp line at the Iggesund Paperboard Workington board mill in Cumbria/UK.

Stora Enso and Holmen yesterday denied a report by the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat that they were in talks with Norske Skog about a partial or complete merger of their newsprint operations.

Italian graphic paper producer Cartiera Santa Lida has resumed operations. According to a company spokesperson, production at the Germagnano site kicked off on 23 August.

Insiders reported that negotiations to charge more for recycled corrugated case material were still not done and dusted in the final week of August.

Manufacturers are relatively satisfied with developments on the magazine paper market, especially for coated grades

AbitibiBowater and the Canadian government have resolved the dispute over the company's property in Newfoundland and Labrador