Domtar today announced that it has entered into an agreement with First Quality Enterprises whereby First Quality will acquire Domtar’s Dryden pulp mill in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The purchase price was not disclosed. The Dryden Mill has the capacity to produce 327,000 air-dried metric tons per year of Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft (NBSK) pulp. First […]
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Dec
Dec
Stora Enso strengthens its focus on specialized pulp grades by investing EUR 38 million in unbleached kraft pulp (UKP) production at its Enocell site in Finland and EUR 42 million in fluff pulp production improvement at its Skutskär site in Sweden. Stora Enso said the investments will support the growing consumer demand for non-bleached renewable […]
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Nov
Nov
SCA said that it will introduce a new reporting segment — Renewable Energy — from January 1, 2023. The decision is in line with SCA’s stated ambition to grow and realize business opportunities in the renewable energy sector. SCA is one of Europe’s leading renewable energy producers. Twenty per cent of Sweden’s wind power capacity […]
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Paper Excellence Nears Completion of $500 Million ‘Winterizing’ Project at Prince Albert Pulp Mill
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May
May
Paper Excellence on May 4 announced that it is nearing completion of a significant project to winterize the pulp mill at Prince Albert Pulp Inc (PAPI) in Saskatchewan, Canada. Winterizing the mill means that the interior of the mill is now heated for the first time since 2014, when the site last operated. The project […]
SCA will increase the price on NBSK pulp (Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft) in Europe by 40 USD per tonne from January 2022. The new price will be 1,300 USD. “The demand for pulp continues to be strong on our main market in Europe and producer stocks are decreasing”, comments Henning Ellström, VP Sales and Marketing […]
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Sep
Sep
Increased demand for hardwood fiber in key pulp-producing countries and a weaker US dollar resulted in higher hardwood pulplogs prices in the 4Q 2020, as Wood Resources International reported. The Global Hardwood Fiber Price Index (HFPI) was up 1.4% from the 3Q 2020 to the 4Q 2020, the second q-o-q increase of the US […]
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Sep
Sep
SCA announced that it will increase the price for its BSK (bleached softwood kraft) and NBSK (northern bleached softwood kraft) pulp by $40 per tonne, pushing the price to $880 per tonne. The price adjustment becomes effective October 1. “We see a growing demand for pulp and our stocks are decreasing,” said Henning Ellström, VP […]