CMPC to buy Brazilian pulp and paper producer Iguaçu

Europe’s pulp market remains a seller’s market in light of scant supply, logistical challenges with transporting by road, rail or sea and strong demand from paper mills that remained stable on the whole. The result was that prices increased again in May, with producers instituting the mark-ups they wanted in full....

Portuguese pulp producer Altri has booked significantly improved financial results for the first quarter of 2022 thanks to strong demand and higher prices. The gains could more than offset lower deliveries and higher costs. The company’s quarterly output of 280,000 t from its sites in Celbi, Biotek and Caima was...

Production at the Chilean Valdivia pulp mill of company Celulosa Arauco has been idled since 26 May following a fire. The company says that the fire broke out in the mill’s dryer section and was brought under control by employees. There were no casualties but it was necessary to switch off the power plant at the site...