Brazil's Suzano sees pulp prices up, debt metrics falling -CEO

SAO PAULO, May 4 (Reuters) - Brazilian wood pulp and paper producer Suzano Papel e Celulose SA expects global pulp prices to rise in the second quarter, Chief Executive Walter Schalka told analysts on a Thursday conference call.

Schalka also said Suzano's ratio of net debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, a gauge of operating profit known as EBITDA, should also fall over the course of this year. (Reporting by Brad Haynes)

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