My previous column dealt with the declining demand for freesheet and the consequences of that decline, particularly for the USA and Australia. Freesheet grades are symptomati.... Read More
Australia manufactures about 0.6% of the world's uncoated freesheet (UFS) paper, an amount almost insignificant in the more than 53 million metric tons globally consumed each.... Read More
In a recent column, I noted the development in the Australian tissue sector of a significant push-back against the surprisingly large market share of imports, which has been.... Read More
Annually at about this time of the year we look back at how the pulp and paper industry in Australia and New Zealand has fared for the business fiscal year, which in Austral.... Read More
Almost exactly 50 years ago, in 1964, Professor Donald Horne polarized the nation with his book "The Lucky Country," in which he unkindly argued that Australia is a "lucky c.... Read More