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Megan Workman
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Editor and Price Reporter, Fastmarkets RISI
New York, Greenpoint
Beats
improving sales, involving children and young people in improving sales consumer legalities, complaining effectivelyconsumer rights, topical consumer issues customer service
Content
By Megan Workman Verified| FastMarkets Verified After a six-month pricing plunge, prices for US old corrugated containers (OCC) mostly held firm at the FOB seller’s dock in January with steady demand from mills that are preparing for potential winter weather slowdowns that could affect material movement, and the seasonal short-supplied month of February.
By Megan Workman Verified| FastMarkets Verified For the second straight month, US old corrugated container (OCC) prices increased across most of North America in the first week of May, bumping up OCC’s average this month, according to Fastmarkets’ PPI Pulp & Paper Week (P&PW) May 5 pricing survey and market report. Average pricing for US OCC has risen $12/ton since January’s $29/ton average, yet remains well below year-ago pricing, when in May 2022 OCC averaged nearly three times as much, or $80/ton more, vs May 2023.
By Megan Workman Verified| FastMarkets Verified Cascades will shut three of its underperforming US tissue plants including two paper machines with about 100,000 tons/yr of capacity starting in July 2023 at about the time as the company ramps up its new recycled containerboard machine in Ashland, VA. The fourth-largest tissue maker in North America announced this week that it will close its Barnwell, SC, and Scappoose, OR, tissue paper complexes, as well as a virgin tissue PM at its St. Helens, OR, mill.
Company Info
Fastmarkets RISI
Fastmarkets is a leading cross-commodity price reporting agency with over 140 years of experience, originally founded in 1882 as Metal Bulletin. Based in London, the company operates under Lithium Hangar Holdco Limited, which is managed by the private equity firm Astorg. Fastmarkets specializes in providing price data, market analysis, forecasts, and risk management tools for various commodities, including metals, mining, agriculture, and energy transition markets. The company publishes transparent pricing data and delivers market intelligence through a team of over 200 reporters and analysts worldwide. Fastmarkets also hosts industry events for networking and discussions on market issues. With a global customer base of over 10,000, it serves sectors such as automotive, aviation, construction, and food and beverage. Fastmarkets employs more than 500 people across multiple countries, combining historical expertise with modern analytics to enhance transparency in commodity markets. Its mission is to create transparent commodity markets that support sustainable economic development and low-carbon initiatives.
+44 20 7779 8260
Founded: 1882