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May 2011

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May 26, 2011

Global Forest Industry CEOs See Positive Future

Montreal, Canada, May 26, 2011 – Forest products industry CEOs from around the world see an important opportunity ahead as a more competitive and significantly transformed industry emerges from the recent global economic downturn. This assessment came at the conclusion of International Council of Forest and Paper Associations’ (ICFPA) 5th Global CEO Roundtable, a meeting of industry leaders from around the world which took place today in Montreal, Canada.

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May 25, 2011

The investments to the timber industry complex of the Perm Territory will reach 25 bln rubles

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30 May 2011

The wood processing in the Leningrad Region rose by a factor of 1.8

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May 23rd, 2011

Fierce competition over world’s wood supply

The demand for some types of paper, like newsprint and other printing and writing paper will decrease in the next decade but the many other uses for wood fibre will mean dramatic increases in global demand overall, according to a new report from PwC.

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May 23, 2011

Timber prices are falling in Sweden

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May 24th, 2011

RUUKKI GROUP SELLS FINNISH SAWMILL BUSINESS

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May 19, 2011

Sappi's Ngodwana Mill Near Nelspruit, South Africa, to add 210,000 tons of Chemical Cellulose Production During Expansion and Modernisation Project

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May 22, 2011

Sawlog prices in Western US were up about 20 percent in 2010

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May 18, 2011

Fire Safety of Wood Buildings is not on Trial!

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9 May 2011

UK animal feed helping to destroy Asian rainforest, study shows

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May 10, 2011

The timber may be certified: but is it sustainable?

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May 17, 2011

OAO Kondopoga received a loan of 35 mln USD

Bank Vozrozhdenie provided the loan to OAO Kondopoga, one of the leading producers of newsprint in Russia and Europe, with a credit limit of 35 mln USD

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May 17th, 2011

Transportation bottleneck in British Columbia

Wood products from British Columbia traditionally have moved south to the United States by way of rail or truck, and to a lesser degree, by sea.

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May 10, 2011

Chainsaw Milling: Domestic Unregulated Deforestation Agents or Local Entrepreneurs?



by Dr. Radut