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Producers Raise Pulp Prices For Europe

May 1, 2009  By Pulp & Paper Canada


LOS ANGELES — Mercer International Inc., Canfor Pulp LP, and Finland’s Oy Mets-Botnia Ab have separately announced that their June 1 list prices in Europe for northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK)…

LOS ANGELES — Mercer International Inc., Canfor Pulp LP, and Finland’s Oy Mets-Botnia Ab have separately announced that their June 1 list prices in Europe for northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp will be US$630 per tonne.

This price is up $30/tonne from the May 1 list price.

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Their moves follow the $630/tonne announcement yesterday by Sweden’s Sdra Cell AB, which was the first from a European producer and provided support for previous announcements by Canadian NBSK producers Domtar Corp. and West Fraser Timber Co.

–provided by ForestWeb


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