Metsä Fibre ups Price of NBSK Pulp

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Metsä Fibre, Finland, has increased the price for its Botnia Nordic Pine (Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft) in Europe, effective March 1, until further notice. The new price is $860 per metric ton, CIF Metsä Fibre’s usual European ports. Other terms remain as agreed.

Metsä Group manufactures market pulp at six mills in Finland and Sweden. The combined annual capacity of production units in Husum, Joutseno, Kaskinen, Kemi, Rauma, and Äänekoski is 3.4 million metric tons. The company’s product family includes four types of pulp—Botnia Nordic Pine (a long-fiber softwood pulp), Botnia Nordic Birch (a short-fiber hardwood pulp), Botnia Nordic Strong (a reinforcement pulp), and Botnia High Yield (a BCTMP pulp). This year it will introduce two new pulp grades based on a polysulfide manufacturing method—Botnia Nordic Pine+ and Botnia Nordic Strong+.