GLG News by Council Members Knowledgeable about Tissue Paper

The global fluff pulp market now measures 4.5 million mt with the US enjoying a dominant position.  Can we maintain that position or even expand it?  Industry observers believe our position is very secure and that we are in the best position to expand.  What's behind this optimism? Fluff...

The Uncoated FreeSheet market in North America is declining with the Internet and electronic devices being blamed for much of it. Is this really the case?  In spite of this decline selling prices have increased with few objections from  major buyers.  Is there any...

Sierra Pacific is auctioning off ~5000 acres of timberlands that they have identified as having higher values for uses other than growing timber.  This is typical of the trend occurring on most large timberland holdings that have been traditionally owned and managed for timber production. Though...

Harvesting tropical hardwoods which have been submerged for 40 years may be environmentally beneficial but is this overshadowing the commercial considerations? Three Main Points: 1. Was nothing learned from the abandoned Camaroons pulp mill project that cost investors $250 million dollars? 2. To be...

Jouko Karvinen became CEO in 2006 and obviously has a different vision than his predecessor Jukka Harmala did 7 years ago when they purchased Consolidated Papers.  Last year the N.A. division generated 2 billion Euros and produced a profit of $295 million.   Does he see little growth...

Domtar wants to be totally focused on (a) paper - Uncoated FreeSheet and (b) market pulp - hardwood, softwood and fluff.  They feel it's necessary to free themselves of 12 sawmills and 5 joint venture mills.  A newly formed company, Conifex, was prepared to take over all these mills and to...

There is no doubt of the immense activity and interest for the major energy companies, not already in Brazil through their co-operations with Petrobras and as distributors of gasoline and alcohol for cars, to invest into the sugar cane industry in Brazil. The Brazilians smile and wonder why they are...

Market Pulp is a global commodity  produced in 19 countries totalling 58 million mt this year.  Will a new 1.1 million mt/mill upset the supply/demand balance and cause a downturn in pricing?   Eucalyptus (referred to as BEKP) has a new price of US$755/admt as of Sept.1st. which...

Dissolving pulp has been in short supply for at least a year.  Prices is January for commodity rayon/viscose pulp were US$800 but now in September they top $1100/mt.  Producers are shipping every ton they can produce.  SAPPI-Saiccor in South Africa and RGM's BahiaPulp in Brazil are the...

Viet Nam has SE Asia's fastest growing economy, growing at (conservatively) 6%/year and by other estimates at up to 8% through 2010 when the government estimates it will require 2 milliion mt of fiber.  914,000mt of paper will have to be imported here in 2007 as well as importing 150,000mt of market...