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Follow the developments behind pulp markets, from mill operating rates and inventories to trade and paper demand. Market pulp is sold to other producers; integrated pulp is consumed within a producer’s own operations. A capacity announcement alone does not establish how much additional pulp will reach the market.
Distinguish hardwood, softwood, unbleached, fluff and dissolving pulp. Report the grade, destination, period, currency and whether a price is announced, assessed or realized. Values derived from trade data also reflect changes in product mix and contractual timing.
Capacity measures potential output, while production, shipments and inventories show different parts of the market. Commissioning dates, ramp-up, maintenance and market-related downtime affect the timing of supply. Use the linked news below alongside the definitions and coverage of each dataset.
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Editorial standards →Södra reported an operating profit for the third quarter of 2026, saying earnings improved from the year-earlier period. Net sales for the Södra Group reached SEK 6,492 million, up 2% from SEK 6,349 million a year earlier. The company said the result was positively affected by the divestment of its holding in Sunpine.…
Read the full article →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.…
Read the full article →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.…
Read the full article →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%.…
Read the full article →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.…
Read the full article →Södra is expanding its commercial presence in the United States with a new sales office near Boston, Massachusetts. The office will oversee sales of pulp and sawn timber, according to the supplied report. Södra says the move is part of a growth strategy for its pulp and sawn-timber businesses.…
Read the full article →Södra is expanding its North American commercial presence with a new sales office near Boston, Massachusetts. The office will oversee sales of pulp and sawn timber in the United States. The company said the move is intended to improve local market responsiveness and support long-term growth.…
Read the full article →Hivest Capital Partners completed its acquisition of Sustana on October 19, according to a supplied report. Sustana is identified in the report as the acquired company, but the material does not describe its operations, assets or products. Kevin Richard has been named Sustana’s chief executive, the report says.…
Read the full article →Equipment makers Voith, Valmet and ANDRITZ are shifting their focus in Latin America toward modernising existing pulp and paper plants and providing services, according to Valor. The report says a major investment cycle in the sector has concluded, after projects exceeding R$100 billion were announced through 2028. Voith Paper South America chief executive Antônio Lemos said the company is placing greater emphasis on aftermarket services, operations and customers’ existing assets.…
Read the full article →A gas pipeline intended to supply Arauco’s planned pulp mill in Inocência, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, could be completed by June 2027, according to reports cited in the supplied material. The project is valued at R$160 million, as reported by the sources. MSGás is working to bring completion forward by two months, one report said. The pipeline is expected to supply fuel to the future mill, with gas described in one report as a complementary fuel.…
Read the full article →Sun Paper said three major projects at its Shandong base have started production in 2026: PM43, the second phase of a 140,000 tonnes/year specialty paper project, started in January; PM47, with 700,000 tonnes/year of high-grade packaging paper, started in August; and a supporting 600,000 tonnes/year bleached chemical pulp and alkali-recovery project started in September.…
Read the full article →Guangxi Jingui Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. has selected Valmet to deliver two bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp (BCTMP) lines for its mill in Qinzhou, China. Valmet disclosed the selection in a release dated October 16, 2026. The supplied material does not state the lines’ capacity, project investment, delivery schedule or expected start-up date.…
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