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The financing by Lecta - a leading European manufacturer and distributor of paper - of a refuse-derived fuel (RDF) boiler on its Condat paper mill in France wins the IJGlobal ESG Award 2023 for energy from waste (EfW) in Europe. By enhancing its environmental performance through this CSR boiler project, Lecta can strengthen its market position and build a competitive advantage in the paper manufacturing industry. The boiler project is based on circular economy, as it will collect from local sources the waste with high biogenic content that will be used as fuel. [Extracted from the article]

Sebastián Mardones Silva has been appointed as the executive director for investment banking at BTG Pactual Chile, with a focus on project finance transactions in Latin America. Mardones has been with BTG Chile for over 6 years and has experience in M&A, ECM, and DCM transactions in the energy, transport, and telecommunication sectors. Prior to joining BTG, he worked as a management analyst at Chilean pulp and paper firm Cmpc. Mardones holds a degree in civil engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In other news, Chile's ministry of transport and telecommunications has announced plans to tender parts of Santiago's public transport system, Red Movilidad, in the second half of 2024. The project will involve a 10-year concession period for fleet operation and 14-year contracts to modernize associated infrastructure. [Extracted from the article]

The London Metal Exchange is making moves to solve an issue blown up by the coronavirus pandemic, namely that its system for allocating metal bought and sold around the world is still managed through pieces of paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The London Metal Exchange has issued a discussion paper on the introduction of an electronic warranting process, a step that would remove the physical component to LME warranting after more than two decades, the exchange said on Monday June 15. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The deal will see HIG purchase Pixelle Specialty Solutions, a specialty solutions paper producer which owns and operates 2 gas-fired cogeneration plants and 2 gas-fired combined heat and power facilities in the US. HIG Capital, an alternative investment firm, has agreed to purchase a paper producing portfolio company of Lindsay Goldberg, including the outfit's 433MW portfolio of thermal plants spread across Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maine and Wisconsin. Lindsay Goldberg, a private investment firm, sold the company to HIG after mandating Credit Suisse on a sale process, with Houlihan Lokey also acting as financial adviser to the firm. [Extracted from the article]

Stonepeak portfolio companies Digital Edge (Singapore) Holdings and Peak Energy Investments have formed a partnership to pursue renewable energy projects in Asia Pacific. The collaboration aims to develop 500MW of operating capacity for data centers over a 3-year period. Peak Energy will focus on solar, wind, and storage technologies in countries where Digital Edge is expanding, including Japan, Korea, Indonesia, India, and the Philippines. The projects will support the decarbonization of up to 1GW of power and generate over 1,300 GWh per year. This partnership will help both companies achieve their business and sustainability goals in the region. [Extracted from the article]

The London Metal Exchange said on Thursday September 29, that issuing a market-wide discussion paper on the 'ongoing warrantability' of Russian origin metal is an option currently under "active consideration." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports that a strike by Finnish paper unions stands to push groundwood and pulp prices higher and boost bonds of United States and Canadian high-yield paper manufactures.

The article provides information on impact of lowered prices for hot-rolled coil in China on paper market including poor demand for the same in market. Topics discussed include export offer prices from Tangshan Iron and Steel; stimulation among buyers for investment; and improvement in buying interest.

China’s domestic prices for hot-rolled coil (HRC) increased for a third consecutive day on Wednesday November 29 as the paper market strengthened throughout the session. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Seaborne iron ore prices continued to fall on Tuesday June 14 with buying interest in the seaborne market waning in response to paper market fluctuations and an uncertain demand outlook for physical cargoes due to rising Covid infection numbers in Beijing and Shanghai, sources told Fastmarkets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital Realty, a US-based data centre platform, has signed an agreement with German energy company Süwag Energie to purchase Guarantees of Origin (GoO) for German hydropower. The agreement covers 6000MWh of hydropower from the River Main, which will be used to power Digital Realty's Frankfurt data centres throughout 2024. This move is part of Digital Realty's commitment to sustainability and its goal of having a fully renewable energy-powered European portfolio. The company recently entered into a joint venture with Blackstone to develop data centre campuses in the US and Europe. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the move of the U.S. Federal Reserve's Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF) to reinvest one-third of its 90-day paper maturing between January 27 and Feb 3, 2009. The CPFF was reportedly created to serve as a liquidity backstop for U.S. commercial paper issuers. This facility started its operation on October 27, 2008.

Physical iron ore traded at much higher prices on Thursday April 19 following a surge in the paper market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China’s domestic rebar prices saw sharp declines on Monday December 25 as the paper market took a nosedive during the day's trading session. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China's hot rolled coil prices increased on Friday April 20 after two days of increases in the paper market as well as gains in that for billet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The London Metal Exchange has issued a discussion paper asking for market feedback on the ongoing acceptability of Russian metal brands on the exchange. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The white papers aims to provide support and insights into the factors associated with the technology options currently available to the sector for lowering the carbon footprint of data centre operations. The purpose of this series of white papers is to help inform decision making as data centre owners play their part in reducing and removing greenhouse gas emissions in order to reach carbon neutrality by 2030.". [Extracted from the article]

China's spot hot rolled coil prices edged up ahead of the weekend following a sharp rise in the paper market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China's spot hot rolled coil prices rose sharply on Wednesday December 7, as the paper market ascended for the third consecutive day. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Seaborne iron ore prices softened on Monday August 15 in response to a drop in prices on the paper markets, with buying sentiment remaining lukewarm amid uncertainty over iron ore prices toward the end of the third quarter, sources told Fastmarkets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Global nickel premiums were unchanged amid low liquidity in the week to Tuesday November 22, with market participants focusing on annual contract talks although these were heard to be stalled due to volatility in the paper markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Iron ore prices moved up on Tuesday September 13 in line with a price rally across the ferrous paper markets and positive expectations of stronger downstream demand for steel through to the end of the month, sources told Fastmarkets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that Moody's credit rating agency has cautioned European paper manufacturers about difficult trading conditions despite of the previous volume recovery in the paper and forest products sector. Moody's analyst Anke Rindermann described how previous price increases did not contribute to profitability for paper manufacturers. Companies like Sappi and Norske Skog have both recorded weak financial performance that affected the trading value of their bonds.

The proposals included in the London Metal Exchange's discussion paper would not serve the needs of the physical market and could have a negative impact on copper and copper alloy semis-fabricators, the International Wrought Copper Council (IWCC) said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

KT, in partnership with Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) and stc group, are to spearhead the development of a 50-year digital infrastructure project in Saudi Arabia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Iron ore prices in the seaborne market continued to reflect the drop in prices on the paper markets on Monday May 9, with buying interest for cargoes with June-laycans waning in response to the loss in value of the Chinese yuan against the US dollar, sources told Fastmarkets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the selection of Goldman Sachs, UBS and VTB Capital as arrangers of a series of fixed income investor meetings by Russia-based diamond mining company Alrosa held in Switzerland on October 20, 2011. It predicts the launch of a dollar-denominated Reg S euro commercial paper. The April commercial paper of Alrosa is set to mature on November 18. One of the benefits of using the commercial paper market to issuers is the diversification of the funding base.

China's spot hot rolled coil prices increased on Thursday January 12 with the futures market strengthening further after a lacklustre day. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China's spot hot rolled coil prices fell ahead of the weekend on Friday December 30 following the continued declines in the futures market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China's spot hot rolled coil market lost its steam on Wednesday December 14 after futures fell on the back of price cuts for billet in Tangshan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on the anticipation of traders of the performance of the commercial paper issue of Spanish travel booking company Amadeus in July 2005. Performance of the commercial paper issue of Alstom; Increase in the second quarter sales of electrical parts supplier Rexel; Plan of satellite operator Eutelsat to launch an initial public offering.

The seaborne high-grade iron ore market continued to experience limited trading activity on Friday August 19, with cargo prices sliding in line with a drop in average prices in the paper markets, while pellet premiums continued to trend lower amid poor import demand, sources told Fastmarkets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

French energy company TotalEnergies has entered Vietnamrsquos commercial and industrial (CampI) market by agreeing to install rooftop solar PVs for Vietnamese paper and packaging recycling manufacturer Miza. Miza signed a cooperation agreement with TotalEnergies for a rooftop solar PV project with a total capacity of 20MW, local media yesterday (27 July 2022) reported. TotalEnergies will install 20MW of solar panels on the rooftops of Mizarsquos manufacturing factories and operate the assets for 20 years. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that bankers have different views on the effect of the new charge of LCH Clearnet on processing Irish government paper. The clearing house implemented a 15% charge on trading Irish government and government guaranteed paper, causing spreads on 10 year Irish treasury bonds to jump by 50 basis points (bp). A dealer noted that the charge may make Irish paper more illiquid.

The article reports on the growing interest of investors in unguaranteed bank commercial paper in Europe. It is noted that banks found that there is an increasing demand for commercial papers in the European market. Some of the banks that have issued unguaranteed commercial paper were Bank of Scotland, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac.

The article reports on the U.S. commercial paper (CP) market within the last week of August 2007. The return of liquidity to the CP market despite the slowdown on Independence Day, resulted to a hold in printing paper in Europe by dollar-based issuers. Restoration of liquidity during the first week of every month allows dealers to use the secondary paper for profit.

China's spot hot rolled coil prices maintained their uptrend on Monday December 5 on sustained strong demand coupled with a turnaround in the futures market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The projects include: B Thessaloniki Metro network PPP b - O&M contract that will be procured by asset owner Attiko Metro SA. Greece's PPP inter-ministerial committee has approved 3 projects with a combined capex of €300 million ($319m), allowing the developments to progress to the procurement phase. [Extracted from the article]

Seaborne prices registered slight gains on Friday April 1, in line with strength in the paper markets, while physical trading continued to remain relatively muted due to poor buying interest for seaborne imports, sources told Fastmarkets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The OTC iron ore market was fairly busy on Tuesday April 8, pushing up paper market iron ore prices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the dominance of emerging markets paper amid leveraged buyouts and cable loan deals. Increase in the Asian traders' interest in Kazakh and Russian paper; Background on the tranche activity at VNU.

Huawei and China Mobile "to launch 6G satellites", says Communist Party paper Global Times, an English-language publication associated with the Communist Party of China's official publication, the People's Daily, said the satellites would test 6G network technologies. Global Times said Ma Jihua, a senior tech industry analyst based in Beijing, had told it that the satellite move "is natural as Huawei pushes ahead its layout on 6G networks". [Extracted from the article]

The London Metal Exchange will announce the results of its discussion paper on market structure on or around June 8 and has not yet made any decisions on the whether to reopen the ring, it said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Salam in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has teamed up with Edgnex Data Centres by Damac, Cinturion Corp (Cinturion) and Emaar to ink a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of telecoms and digital infrastructure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the first euro commercial paper trade, a 122 million U.S. dollar dual tranche issue, sold by Black Sea Trade & Development Bank (BSTDB) through UBS. The orderbook consisted of investors from Sweden, Great Britain, Europe, Asia, Russia and the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) region. The bank's desire to diversify away from the loan markets is a factor that prompted its decision to begin issuing commercial paper.

The article reports on the decline in U.S. commercial paper in 2009. The Federal Reserve said the market dropped another 18.1 billion U.S. dollars in week ended July 1 to 1.136 trillion U.S. dollars. A total of 13.6 billion U.S. dollars in the total decline was in asset-backed commercial paper outstanding.

The article reports that outstanding commercial paper in the U.S. is at is lowest level since December 2004. Data from the Federal Reserve show that the market for commercial paper declined to 1.379 trillion U.S. dollars. It is noted that the commercial paper market is yet to recover despite recovery from the recession.