Smurfit Kappa rejects takeover bid from International Paper Company
The largest cardboard box manufacturer in Europe and major purchaser of recovered fibre has rejected a takeover bid from US firm International Paper Company.
Smurfit...
China to completely ban imports of foreign waste
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said that the country will completely ban imports of foreign waste.
In his speech to the opening of the 13th National...
Lee & Man annual profits increase by 76%
Profits in 2017 at Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing have increased by 76% on the year before, the company has revealed.
The containerboard and tissue...
Nine Dragons Paper announces record profit
Chinese containerboard manufacturer Nine Dragons Paper has revealed record profits and sales for the six months up to end of December 2017.
The group, which...
Market conditions – looking ahead (5 March 2018)
Now that the weather across the UK is improving, we should expect more of a return towards normal this week.
The heavy snow and strong...
Secondary Markets Commentary – 2 March 2018
The optimism from the end of last week that this might be an improving week for the recycling market was smothered by a layer...
Market Conditions – looking ahead (26 February 2018)
This week may bring slightly better conditions than we have seen in recent weeks.
In the paper market, Chinese buyers are expected to return to...
Secondary Markets Commentary – 23 February 2018
There was a little more optimism in the market this week for those trading packaging plastics.
But it was a much tougher market for those in...
Vietnamese Government to monitor paper mills that take UK material
A special draft project has been unveiled by the Vietnamese Government that will monitor the waste and pollutants coming out of 28 major industrial...
Shipping lines could lose 5 million teu from China recyclate ban
Research from Drewry Maritime Advisers has suggested that the ban on certain recyclable materials by China could cost shipping lines up to 4-5 million...