Global trade of wood chips was up 25 percent in 2010
Global trade of wood chips was up 25 percent in 2010 because of increased production of pulp and paper products worldwide. China showed the greatest growth in chip imports with an increase over 400 percent in the past two years, as reported in the WRQ.
EBRD supports pulp and paper mill in Bosnia and Herzegovina
London, UK, Mar 2, 2011 - The EBRD is providing an €11 million loan to Natron Hayat, a pulp and paper mill located in Maglaj in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, to support the company’s further growth and development in line with EU standards.
Natron Hayat is a producer of various paper and cardboard products. Previously state-owned, the company was privatized in 2005 and is now owned by KEAS, Turkey’s leading forestry and paper products producer.
'This could really take off,'' said Ross Garnaut this week, releasing his latest update paper on Transforming Rural Land Use. ''This could be seriously big.''
B.C. may have trouble keeping up with the demand for their wood, due to low resources
British Columbia‘s forest sector has been cut back so severely in recent years that now that demand for their wood is surging, the companies are having a difficult time physically meeting the demand.
Timber prices up as power plants boost biomass use
Government subsidies to encourage power companies to burn wood are distorting the market for timber and forcing up prices in manufacturing and construction industries, Channel 4 News has learned.
