OCC holds flat into August as domestic mills stay covered
Old corrugated container prices moved sideways in most regions this month, with adequate mill inventories and softer export interest offsetting a modest seasonal dip in generation.
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Paper
OCC, mixed paper, deinked pulp and containerboard — mill capacity, export markets and pricing.
Mixed paper quality is now a capital-planning problem for MRFs
Operators are adding fibre-side optical stages and revisiting screen configurations as mill specifications tighten faster than single-stream inbound composition improves.
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