Hot Topic - Newsprint and printing

Newsprint Prices Inch Down Again As US Newspapers Brag About Their Savings - March 10, 2010
Newsprint prices edged down last week showing how tough it is for producers to hit their Q1 $50 a tonne increase, even though they are withholding more and more capacity, and with such price softness it is perhaps no wonder that White Birch, the second largest North American newsprint company, has sought bankruptcy court protection while US newspapers brag how newsprint savings are playing a major role in their improved bottom lines.

European Newsprint Demand Sinks But Producers Now Reporting Profits But In North America As Price Continues Up Losses Continue - February 11, 2010
Major European mills have been announcing black ink numbers for a change, but all agree the improved financials are coming from aggressive cost cutting while newsprint demand and prices still weaken. In North America, however, the price of 30-lb standard newsprint continues up slightly after a brief one-week blip, but producers still report financial losses.

Newsprint Prices Still Edging Up, And Producers Want A Lot More - January 14, 2010
Newsprint pricing for 30-lb pound paper has increased some 3.3% since the beginning of the year to $529.15, up some $18 a tonne, with major producers looking for $25 a tonne increases for each of January and February.

Newsprint Pricing Surpasses $500 - December 10, 2009
We have long predicted that 30-lb standard newsprint in the US would make it over $500 per metric tonne before the end of the year, and so it has – this week at $508.65 according to FOEX Indexes.

Hear That Ticking? That’s The Newsprint Time Bomb For Newspapers – Prices Are On The Up And Producers Are Looking For Big Increases - November 5, 2009
Newspapers are doing better financially these days but it all is coming from the cost side, and high among those cost savings is the reduced spend on newsprint. But that particular euphoria may be ending for newsprint prices in North America are on the up -- 7.4% since September 1 according to FOEX Indexes, and the producers are looking for major increases before the year is out.

Newsprint Pricing Edges Up, But Will It Stick? - October 8, 2009
Standard 30 pound US newsprint pricing rose 2 % last week, according to FOEX Indexes, and at $462.34 per metric tonne it now stands at a eight-week high. A blip or producers have turned the corner?

No Matter How Much Newsprint Capacity The Producers Have Withdrawn The Price Still Goes Down – Now Below $450 A Tonne! - September 3, 2009
North American Newsprint producers already hit with a 30% drop in demand this year and European newsprint producers seeing a 16% decline believe they may just have withheld enough capacity to finally hold prices steady for the rest of the year and even see them edge up a bit. But the North American marketplace tells a different story with the price continuing to fall and it now stands at the yearly low of $445.89, according to FOEX Indexes.

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