Q4 titanium dioxide contract prices head lower in just a few cases

Cartonboard suppliers in Poland have become less pessimistic about what the next few weeks might have in store. This development comes after an industry-wide, slight improvement in ordering in the country in May....

In France, demand in most paper and board markets in May once again fell short of the prior-year level. The drop remains most pronounced in the printing and writing paper segment, where respondents reported unprecedented declines in deliveries during the first quarter of this year....

The underlying mood on world pulp markets remains negative and Europe is no exception in this regard. “Our customers are not calling their ordered volumes off as contracted,” a producer told EUWID. This statement meanwhile also applies to the tissue industry which, in the first quarter, still took in significantly...