COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers completed its first pulp-loading operation at the Port of Rio Grande in southern Brazil on October 20, according to the supplied report. The company’s vessel GREEN SUAPE loaded pulp for Voyage V9. The operation was also the company’s first pulp-transport collaboration with Chilean group CMPC.…
Arauco, Copec and Abastible have launched SynFuels Biobío, a pilot project in Chile to develop synthetic fuels with a low carbon footprint. The project aims to combine biogenic carbon dioxide generated by pulp production with green hydrogen. It was presented at the Summit Transición Energética 2026 with support from Corfo, Chile’s production-development agency.…
China imported 8.39 million metric tons of wood pulp in the third quarter of 2026, down 1.1% year on year, according to Lesprom. The supplied report also says the value of imports rose 0.5% and the average CIF price increased 1.7%.…
Nine Dragons Paper Ltd. has signed an agreement for a further 5 billion yuan investment to build a high-grade paper production base with an annual capacity of 1.3 million tons. The project will be located in the Jiangjin area of the Chongqing Logistics Hub Economic Zone, on the south side of the existing plant, on approximately 32.6 hectares of land. This is the company’s fifth investment in Jiangjin and its second 5-billion-yuan project there within two years. The plant is expected to reach full production within two years of commissioning, after which the company’s total annual output value is projected to exceed 15 billion yuan, making it Jiangjin’s first enterprise of that scale. The company, which has operated in Jiangjin for 20 years, already runs a smart factory and two digital workshops, plus its own Yangtze River freight terminal and power plant, producing high-grade kraft paper, corrugated paper, and coated gray-backed whiteboard.…