Viscose prices fall under $900; capacity additions lined up for next year

摘要

Viscose dissolving pulp (DP) prices are hitting their lowest levels of 2012 - below S900/tonnc - from a glut of new capacity, industry contacts said. For Fortress Specialty Cellulose, lower prices and weak demand for viscose staple fiber (VSF), and recovery boiler problems and an annual maintenance shut at its Thurso, QC, mill drove the firm to a CSS.6 million loss in the third quarter. Fortress also has papermaking operations in Europe.