Global pulp prices have fallen steadily since late 2022, when they reached record highs. The most significant decline has been for hardwood pulp, traded at a substantial discount to softwood pulp. Global pulp inventories were down during the summer, and there were signs that the market tightened, and pulp producers were starting to see opportunities […]
Tag Archives: Wood fiber costs
Reports
Wood fiber costs ranged between 45% and 70% of the cash costs for the production of pulp around the world in the 4Q/18
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Apr
Apr
Global wood fiber prices have trended upward for much of the period 2014 to 2018, with wood costs going up the most for pulp mills in Western North America, Europe, Indonesia, and China. Only pulp mills in Brazil and Eastern Canada have seen their wood costs go down during this period. Wood fiber costs ranged […]
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Dec
Dec
Wood fiber costs for pulpmills in North America remained generally unchanged from the 2Q/18 to the 3Q/18 but were higher than in the 3Q/17, according to the latest issue of the North American Wood Fiber Review. The biggest increases yearover-year came in British Columbia and the western US where prices for wood chips (the major […]