Press Releases for softwood

  • 981

    Wood Costs for Pulp Manufacturers Worldwide are on the Rise: Wood Fiber Price Index 20% Higher than

    Wood costs, which account for up 70 percent of production costs when manufacturing pulp, have gone up worldwide the past two years, according to the market report Wood Resource Quarterly. The Global Wood Fiber Price Indices were back to pre-financial crises levels in the 1Q/11.

    By : | 06-07-2011 | Industry:Industry | Total Views : 981

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    Wood Fiber Costs for Eastern Canada Pulp Mills the Lowest in 10 Years, and Lower than in Most Europe

    Over the past 20 years, pulp mills in Eastern Canada have consistently had higher wood fiber costs than the mills in the Western provinces with the exception of a short period in 1995, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. In the 4Q/10, softwood chip prices had fallen in Quebec and Ontario and increased in British Columbia and Alberta resulting in the smallest cost gap between the two regions in 10 years.

    By : | 01-04-2011 | Industry:Industry | Total Views : 1034