Pulp love i.e. Stora, UPM, Metsä etc.

This issue of raw wood prices in Finland will only be resolved if 1) a couple of medium-sized pulp mills and a few sawmills/plywood factories are closed domestically, or 2) wood starts coming from Russia again.

Otherwise, I agree with Jekkku, those are the endangered pulp mills.

It will be interesting to see how long the management of pulp companies believes in better times and runs factories at 70-80% utilization rates. It’s worth noting that the price of wood in Finland has decreased due to reduced demand from factory shutdowns. When pulp demand picks up, the price of pulpwood will skyrocket again. Solutions to the profitability crisis are still ahead.

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