Average FOB pulp prices posted double-digit increases on a yearly basis resulting from a rise in e-commerce sales and food delivery during the pandemic coupled with an economic recovery across major markets with the easing of the pandemic, shows CW Research's IPPWeek Market Data.

Cement and clinker FOB prices in the Mediterranean Basin, the Persian Gulf, and East Africa continued to increase month-on-month in September, boosted by increasing exports across key cement markets, according to CW Research's Cement and Clinker Price Assessment for Med Basin and Persian Gulf-Arabian Sea & East Africa.

Green petroleum coke production in August 2021 increased in four major select markets, United States, China, India and Japan, reflecting the rebound in industrial activity and rising demand for energy worldwide during the third quarter of this year, according to CW Research's PetcokeWeek Market Data.