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Which Region of the US Stores the Most Carbon in its Forests?
Forest2Market’s newest analytical tool – Carbon Analysis 360 – was specifically designed to help participants across the forest value chain better...
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What is BRP and How Will It Impact the Future of the P&P Industry?
Unbleached recycled fiber market pulp, also known as brown recycled pulp or BRP, is a new grade of market pulp that didn’t exist before 2017, but is...
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Strong Demand and Tight Supply Have Driven Wood Fiber Costs for Pulp Manufacturers Higher in 2022
Prices for pulplogs and wood chips increased QoQ in early 2022 in all 19 regions worldwide as tracked by the Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). This...
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How Have Government Bans Impacted Capacity Growth in the P&P Industry?
When we look at the capacity trends module in Fisher International’s FisherSolve business intelligence platform, we can see that the top five...
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We Need to Tell Our Story – At Every Opportunity
The following was recently published by our friends at Forest Resources Association, and was authored by Eric Kingsley, FRA Northeastern Region...
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Batteries Made with Renewable Wood Could Help Alleviate Energy Pressures
When we think of innovative battery technologies and some of the scalable, successful products that have been developed over the last decade, one...
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Chlor-alkali 2022: Key Factors Driving China's Markets
China’s Dual Control Policy sharply reduced caustic soda production in the country in Q4 2021. The policy's impact on particular chemical value...
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Trends Impacting the European P&P Industry
European Corrugated Industry Makes Progress in Emission Reduction
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Global Wood Fiber Markets Report: Aug. 2022
Wood fiber costs for pulp manufacturing have gone up worldwide in 2022 as fiber demand remained strong and supply tightened. Prices for pulplogs and...
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Could Paraguay Become a New Frontrunner in the P&P Industry?
If you look at a map of some of the latest pulp mills being developed in Latin America—highlighted in the image below—there’s an apparent trend...
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Lower Housing Starts, Higher Home Prices, and Surging Inflation
After a disappointing May (-14%), US home building continued to inch down in June as the housing market cools amid surging mortgage rates and...
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Plastic Bans Hit India; Will Its P&P Industry Rise to Meet New Demand?
During 2017-2018, India generated 26,000 tonnes of plastic waste per day, of which only 60% was recycled while the rest ended up as litter on roads,...