European prices for major pulp grades rise yet again in June

The European pulp market is still in largely stable shape towards the middle of November. The turnaround that buyers had hoped for and which had been a topic of discussion for weeks is only making very incremental progress so far. Other sectors consuming pulp, above all tissue, are still offsetting dwindling demand...

In keeping with suspicions raised during the last EUWID report, the tide has now turned for pulp prices, at least for softwood pulp. A large number of stoppages within the paper industry has paved the way for a slowdown in pulp order activity and cancellations, market observers note. Price negotiations for September...

Supply on the European pulp market is still short, demand from European converters strong, so pulp prices continue to rise. Supply is said to be particularly short in the hardwood pulp segment. The extreme measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic in China, whose paper industry is also affected, have done little to...