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...
Export trends March to May
This guide looks at past exports from UK to worldwide destinations.
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May
On the surface, the average amount of exports over the last three years looks...
Manufacturing remained strong in February, apart from China
The latest set of purchasing managers' indices showed that global manufacturing looked good in most major zones, apart from China.
In China, the official PMI...
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...
Will sterling hit $1.45 by the end of the year?
Investment bank JP Morgan is forecasting that sterling will reach $1.45 by the end of 2018.
It is also predicting that the pound will be...
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...
Market conditions: looking ahead
Has the market reached rock bottom as yet?
There are some in the market who think it has, while some aren't so sure. Certainly, in...