EPCOR Power 's Williams Lake, BC facility has used cheap wood waste from the local mills for the last 15 years to generate power.
However, the 6 mills around Williams Lake have halted production, the power plant is now employing most of the logging truck drivers in the area to scouring the nearby roadsides for piles of logging waste to keep their thermal plant fed. However, the 6 mills around Williams Lake have halted production, the power plant is now employing most of the logging truck drivers in the area nearby to scouring the roadside for piles of logging waste to keep their thermal plant fed.
British Columbia's newly released action plan for forestry calls for more of the waste wood left behind after harvesting to be used for biofuel. British Columbia's newly released action plan for forestry calls for more of the waste wood left behind after harvesting to be used for biofuel.
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A rescue plan for Canada's forest industryTo say that times are tough in the Canadian forestry sector is a gross understatement. With the U.S. housing collapse and global financial services meltdown, the sector has lost 50,000 jobs and more than 250 mills over the past two years.
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Forest Products Industry CEO's on how to reboot global economy
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...for Finland
Wednesday, June 10th 2009:
Vladimir Putin just confirmed not to rise export duties on roundwood for Finland as long as the economic downturn crises lasts.
Both Governments concluded a bilateral timber trade commitment reports Business Support Bureau "Runa"
Monday, 10th of August 2009:
President Dmitry Medvedev called for “intensified talks” with Finland
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...für Finnland
Mittwoch, 10. Juni 2009:
Vladimir Putin bestätigte gestern das Aussetzen der Erhöhung des Zolls auf die Ausfuhr von Rundholz aus Russland nach Finnland.
Beide Regierungen haben ein Handelsabkommen über Rundholzexporte geschlossen - berichtet das Russische Handelsbüro "Runa"
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Record losses of Global Forest Products Industry in 2008TORONTO, June 24 /CNW/ - The Top 100 Forest, Paper and Packaging (FPP) companies from around the world saw net income tumble from positive $13.8 billion in 2007 to record losses of $8.0 billion in 2008, the first time this metric has been negative since 1996, the date PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) began the annual PwC Global Forest, Paper & Packaging Industry Survey. This year's survey shows that:
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China forestry sector output totals $195 blnChina forestry sector output totals $195 bln, up 13% year on year
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Timber carrier hijacked - is lumber worth doing this now?Tuesday, 11th of August 2009: An international maritime hunt is underway for a missing cargo ship which is thought to be the first hijacked vessel to be sailed through the English Channel in modern times.
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Wer kapert ein Schiff voller Holz?Das Verschwinden der "Arctic Sea" bleibt weiterhin ein Rätsel: Der unter maltesischer Flagge fahrende Frachter mit russischer Besatzung wird seit fast zwei Wochen vermisst.
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Russian sawmill to increase Pellets productionStart-up of pellet production at Sawmill 25 (Arkhangelsk region) has become the final stage of the sawmill’s modernization programme aimed at the whole technological process upgrading that has been realized since 2004.
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Timber-import trade associations merge to European umbrella federation ETTF12 August 2009: The interests of the European timber trade will be represented by the newly established umbrella organisation European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) in the future.
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Two Forest Industry Projects to be postponed in Komi, RussiaTwo large investment projects – included in the list of federal priority projects – were frozen in the Komi Republic with total investment volume amounting to some 70 bln RUR (EUR 1.7 bln). They being:
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Forest Products Markets 2008/2009 Outlook
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Sawlog prices near 5-year low globallyThe Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) in the 2Q/09, increased for the first time since late 2007, reaching $68.87/m3. The Index, which is based on conifer sawlog prices in 19 key regions worldwide from 1995 to present, was still close to its lowest level in five years.
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Rising New Zealand Dollar a threat for wood processing industryWood processing company Winstone Pulp International says the rising New Zealand dollar is a major concern.
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Over 10,000 jobs already lost in Finnish forestry sector Finnish forestry’s contribution to the national economy has dropped by half since the start of the new millennium.
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Forest Sector Downturn slowed in Q2 2009Canada's forest, paper & packaging (FPP) sector continued to be negatively impacted by the global economic downturn during the second quarter of 2009.
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Newfoundland and Labrador invests in sawmill industryThe province of Newfoundland and Labrador has recently invested in two sawmill companies: Holson Forest Products and Burton’s Cove Logging and Lumber Limited.
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The UNECE Market Review 2008 - 2009The current economic crisis is hitting hard the forest products sector across the UNECE region, according to the UNECE/FAO’s Forest Products Annual Market Review 2008-2009.
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Mayr-Melnhof Holz GmbH and LSR Group to launch the largest wood-processing plant in Northwest Russia September 25, 2009 Phase 1 of the LLC MM-Efimovsky wood-processing plant was officially launched in the village of Chudtsy, Boksitogorsky district, Leningrad region. The joint project of the Austrian company, Mayr-Melnhof Holz GmbH and LSR Group was realized by MM-Efimovsky with the support of the Leningrad Region Government. Total investment volume amounted to EUR 80 billion.
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Radiata Pine shortage crimps U.S. domestic marketBy Sam Sherrill, Deputy Editor, Crow's, RISI
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Russian Forest Sector News at a glance
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Downturn Shreds European Forest ProductsThe forestry industry in Europe, the former Soviet Union and North America last year suffered the biggest decline in demand for wood since the 1970s, and that wasn’t even the worst of the news for this foundation business.
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Lumbering Logistics GrowsMost pulp and paper producers have built up significant in-house logistics operations alongside their core business, reflecting the specialized nature of forest products transportation.
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Forest-based sector to search for fresh business opportunitiesOct 15 2009 A research conference for the European forest-based industry and cluster will focus on the creation of new business opportunities for the sector. The event will be held in Stockholm on 9-11 November 2009.
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Study shows trees have impact on Georgia’s economyAs Americans mark National Forest Products Week from Oct. 18-24, a new report shows Georgia’s forest products industry has a significant impact on the state’s economy.
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Forestry needs new markets and new products The new deputy minister of forestry in Ontario says the old days of the forestry industry are over and the leaders and the workers of that industry have to look for new directions and new ideas if the North is to profit from the vast quantities of wood fibre that remainin our
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UPM and Sveza to postpone realization of project in Vologda region for 2 years UPM-Kymmene (Finland) and Sveza Group postponed realization of the project on construction of a large timber industrial complex in the Vologda region for 2 years.
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Global economic downturn: A statement from a global sawmilling machinery supplierJartek Oy is one of the leading Finnish producers of sawmilling machinery, drying kilns, equipment for thermal modification of wood. The company has been operating in the Russian market since 1970-s.
World crisis affected more or less all actors in the market. How would you characterize the current situation?
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Canadian Softwood for ChinaShanghai’s approval of a new wood-frame building code is a major step forward in the growing demand for Canadian wood products in China, the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, and British Columbia’s Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell announced today.
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India's wood imports show impressive growth rates!New Delhi, Nov. 10, 2009 (RISI) - Although the growth in softwood log imports in India is impressive, at least 80% of India's log imports are hardwood. Teak logs are imported from Myanmar, various African countries, and Central and South America.
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"Durability by Design" - continuing education begins with Wood WORKS! BC
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Indonesia: Industrial forest output to increase 36 percentThe supply of logs from the country's industrial forest (HTI) is expected to rise by 36 percent to 18.5 million cubic meters next year with the issuance of more forest development licenses, a director at the forestry ministry said.
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Private Chinese Company Looks At Kitimat and MacKenzie MillsJapan- BC Forest Minister Pat Bell says he has signed a memo of understanding with a private Chinese company to look at the books of the Mackenzie and Kitimat Pulp mill.
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Updated softwood lumber market outlook for the US
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Russian pulp and paper market to revive not earlier than in 2010 According to intermediate results, Russian timber industry remains unprofitable – in the first half of
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Size matters: B.C. lumber sales to China suffer - B.C. not cutting export wood to lengths that the Chinese preferSHANGHAI — British Columbia has only a small slice of the growing Chinese lumber market because most forest companies are shipping lumber cut to North American — not Chinese — specifications.
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Taiga Building Products Ltd. Announces Leadership Succession PlanBURNABY, BC, Nov. 24 /CNW/ - Taiga Building Products Ltd. ("Taiga" or the "Company") The Board of Directors of Taiga announced today that they have appointed the next generation of Taiga's Executive Vice Presidents, effective January 1, 2010.
Trent Balog
will step into the role of Executive Vice President, Operations;
Kevin Bradshaw
will assume the role of Executive Vice President, Supply Management; and Grant Sali will move into the role of Executive Vice President, Allied Products and Treated Wood Products.
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Chile Copec 9-month profit down 43.3 pct yr/yrSANTIAGO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Chilean industrial conglomerate Copec COP.SN said on Friday its nine-month profit tumbled 43.3 percent from a year ago, but its businesses were recovering from the worst of the global financial crisis.
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Tough times for the forest products industry!A report published Tuesday by PricewaterhouseCoopers found that the Canadian forest and paper industry lost $632 million in the third quarter of 2009, exceeding the $552 million reported in the same quarter of 2008.
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New Zealand 2010: Timber shortage expected to bump up prices by 10%The cost of building timber will rise by up to 10 per cent from next month due to a severe supply shortage and booming international demand for New Zealand pine.
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Global softwood lumber markets were mixed in 2009 - up in China and Africa, while slow in the US(SkyNewswire.com)--- Seattle, USA. Softwood lumber markets continued to be weak in Japan and the US during the 3Q/09, but have improved in Europe and, surprisingly, northern Africa, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.
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Congo Republic timber giant slashes workforceBRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) - Congo Republic's biggest logging firm has almost halved its workforce because the global recession has cut demand for wood products, the firm said on Tuesday.
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Gradual rebound forecast for forestry As 2009 came to a close, Canfor Corp. announced it would invest $16 million to upgrade its Chetwynd sawmill for a planned re-opening this spring.
After a 20-month shutdown, the restart will put about 70 people back to work.
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Pine beetle gets blame for Canfor Corp. sawmill closureThe pine beetle is being singled out as the main reason a Quesnel sawmill is shutting down, laying off 180 workers.
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Forestry report urges province to manage carbon storage
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NZ’s sawmilling consolidation nears completionThe New Zealand sawmilling industry has endured a major ongoing consolidation over the last decade. Most global sawmilling sectors have suffered closures and consolidation, but probably not on the acute scale experienced in New Zealand. A new DANA Review of the N.Z.
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US: South’s forest industry struggles through 09
Every sector in forest products in the South swooned in 2009, with sawmill production falling an industry-worst 21 percent on top of a 23 percent decline in 2008.
Pulp and paper mills were less hard-hit, an industry group reported.
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Finland to invest about 20 mln EUR in projects realized in the neighboring Russian areas Finland is to invest about 20 mln EUR in projects realized in the neighboring Russian areas, in particular, St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Murmansk, Arkhangelsk regions, and Karelia.
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Growing interest for Swedish wood in ChinaBetween 2000 and 2005, Chinese timber imports tripled from 10 million to 30 million cubic metres. The import of sawn solid wood products also experienced a similar trend. During the second quarter of 2009, China was the world’s second-biggest importer of sawn softwood products.
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Statistics: Russian timber industry in 2009 According to the Ministry of Economic Development, fiberboard production output decreased by 26.1%, of chipboards – by 20.7%, plywood – by 18.7%, sawn timber 12.2%, door and window units – by 33.4 and 46.1% respectively.
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New pellet facility in Russia CJSC North-West Group of Companies finished works on construction of pellet mill worth 300 mln RUR (€ 7.14 mln) in Podporozhye (Leningrad region) with Anritz (Denmark), BRUKS (Germany) and Komforts (Latvia) machinery installed.
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Canada: Forestry industry must diversify, capitalize on demand for green energyMONTREAL - The federal government can help rescue Canada's battered forestry industry and thousands of jobs by providing $1.5 billion in funds to encourage diversification to new eco-friendly uses such as biochemicals and bio energy, says a new study released Monday.
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Wood supply crucial for Northern forest industry, says mill Wood supply is a more immediate issue for the Northern Ontario forest industry than moving to biomass renewable energy, says one Northern player.
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Issue date: Thursday, 18 February 2010 Big hopes for Russian timber industry recovery Demand and production declining in the woodworking industry reached the lowest point. However, with this stage passed, manufacturers and authorities are to invest more in modernization, construction and infrastructure in order to return back to the pre-crisis indicators.
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Russian State Statistics Service: Export 2009 According to the Russian State Statistics Service, in 2009 export volume of timber and pulp and paper products from Russia decreased by 15.4%, which can be explained by significant decline in supplied volume of unprocessed timber.
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The South African Forestry Sector: an overviewThe South African paper, pulp and board industry has consistently increased exports of paper and board and maintained imports at similar levels for the past three years, despite facing a number of challenges, says Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (Pamsa) executive director
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Sawmills worry axe may fall over wood shortageA strong franc and a weak market are chipping away at the Swiss timber industry. Sawmill owners say they fear a looming wood shortage and possible layoffs.
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Sawmill No.1 to be launched in Komi Republic A Moscow-based group of investors chose Jartek to deliver a sawmill for a Sawmill №1 that is to be constructed in Kazluk (Komi Republic, Russia). There were several international enterprises competing for this project, resulting in a long and tough bargaining process.
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Native village's forest company goes global
An isolated First Nations region on the northern British Columbia coast is emerging as a new economic powerhouse, leading the rebirth of the forest industry in that part of the province.
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Chile earthquake boosts pulp pricesThe Feb. 27 Chilean earthquake did enough damage to that country's forest products industry to spark global shortages that are pushing prices higher in Canada.
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B.C.'s forests minister questions report predicting decline of forest industry VANCOUVER, B.C. - British Columbia's forests minister says the outlook for the lumber sector in the province's Interior, ravaged by the mountain pine beetle, isn't as pessimistic as an industry report issued this week.
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Three priority investment projects in Ivanovo Three priority investment projects are being realized in the Ivanovo region – total investment volume amounting to over EUR 25 mln. They are:
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China lumber sales set new recordVANCOUVER — China's appetite for British Columbia lumber grew at a record pace in 2009 in volume and value, providing sawmillers here with a needed new market to counter stumbling American demand.
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New issue of MOST Digest - Russian Timber Industry Business Support Bureau Runa monitors the Russian timber industry and the market for hot topics, news, expert opinion and relevant information and provides you with the most relevant and interesting information in the form of a free digest - to help you make the right business decision.
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Domtar to sell its forest products business to EACOM
Domtar Corporation has announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its forest products business to EACOM Timber Corporation for CDN$80 million plus elements of working capital estimated at CDN$30 to CDN$40 million.
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Chile’s wood products industry reconstructs: what does this mean for North American markets?
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Magnus Hall new Chairman of SkogsindustriernaApril 20 2010 Magnus Hall, CEO of Holmen, has been elected new Chairman of Skogsindustrierna, the Swedish Forest Industries Federation.
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Forestry's upturn may sow seeds of new setbackVANCOUVER (Reuters) - A recent run-up by Canadian forestry stocks has investors in the downtrodden sector basking in a warm glow, but that could fade as quickly as it appeared if the industry returns to its self-destructive tendencies.
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Debugging the beetle kill argument
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Renewable Electricity Plan concerns Forest IndustryForest Products Association of Nova Scotia (FPANS) has concerns with Nova Scotia's new Renewable Electricity Plan released on Friday (April 23rd) by the provincial government (.pdf).
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Canfor sees future in lumber shipments to ChinaThe deep economic downturn that cut U.S. demand for Canadian lumber significantly for several years has had an upside for Canfor Corp., which turned its focus to Asia and discovered "exponential growth" during the first quarter.
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New log sorting lines for Russian sawmills Hekotek signed new contracts – two log sorting lines are to be supplied to the sawmills of Eastern Siberia (Irkutsk region and Krasnoyarsk area).
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26. Mai 2010: Die vor kurzem aufgrund der Wirtschaftskrise lancierte "neue Holzexportstrategie" der österreichischen Holzindustrie, welche kurz gefasst und wörtlich wiedergegeben "sich auf den Vorgarten Österreichs, der Schwarzmeerregion" konzentrieren wird, scheint vor dem Hintergrund der folgenden Pressemeldung zumindest hinterfragenswert:
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North American lumber stock prices holding upMay has been a difficult month for lumber prices in North America, with values dipping to the point that gains made earlier this year were effectively cancelled out. However, it is not all bad news as the stocks of leading players are holding up well.
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China log market heating up for US exporters, but not exactly "red-hot" yet
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Arkhangelsk region to continue realization of investment projects There are 5 investment projects that are currently being realized in the Arkhangelsk region and are included in the list of priority investment projects. Total investment volume amounts to RUR 20 bln (EUR 0.5 bln).
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Chile CMPC says strike paralyzes biggest sawmill
June 2 (Reuters) - Chilean forestry and paper company CMPC CAR.SN said Wednesday a worker strike over pay had paralyzed its biggest sawmill in south-central Chile.
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Global sawlog prices up 17% the past 12 months ...with the biggest gains seen in Northern Europe and Oceania
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Chinese marketplace key to forest recoveryThe forest industry in B.C. is finding its way out of the woods, thanks in large part to the Chinese marketplace, according to Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell.
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NZ spinoffs in China pine dealA Wellington company's joint venture deal to process pine timber in China will funnel extra investment back into New Zealand sawmills, a director says.
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Impact of the global forest industry on atmospheric greenhouse gasesThe designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, ci
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For mill towns, China beckonsPine trunks rumble down conveyors and sawdust clouds the air. The noise inside the sawmill nearly deafens, but in this remote town of 3,500 people, some 700 kilometres north of Vancouver, there are few sounds as welcome as the buzz and clatter of a mill back at work.
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British Columbia's forestry job numbersIt seems that forestry employment numbers bottomed out last year in British Columbia and may now be making a rebound.
Here are some forestry job stats from British Columbia:
2005 – 79,700
2006 – 81,617
2007 – 84,275
2008 – 64,917
2009 – 51,958
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Pressure Mounts on USGBC to Open LEED to SFI, Other Credible StandardsWASHINGTON, July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a letter steered by Congressmen Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) to the U.S. Green Building Council, 79 members of the U.S.
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Russian Wood Statistics: wood processing in the first half of 2010
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That’s Billion Dollars, With a “B”Most dividend announcements are in the range of pennies to several dollars, so when a company declares a special dividend of USD 5.6 billion, it tends to grab your attention, and that of shareholders.
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Export duties on roundwood: Russia vs. EUAccording to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Russia is to come to the terms in the field of export duties on roundwood. Moreover, Russia itself offered the EU to significantly increase export duties on deciduous wood.
Russia is ready to increase export duties by tens %. It will mostly concern birch that is widely used in the Finnish industry, whereas in Russia this kind of wood is not practically processed by the Russian companies.
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Brazilian timber output halves in 10 yearsTen-year figures for the Brazilian timber industry show that production in the Amazon has fallen by 50 per cent.
The figures were published in a study carried out by the Brazilian Forest Service (SFB) and the Institute of Man and Environment (Imazon), entitled 'Logging Activities in the Brazilian Amazon.'
They show that in 1998, roundwood production in the region was 28.3 million cubic metres while the figures for 2009 show total production to be only 14.2 million cubic metres.
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Ireland calls for timber to be included in offsetting schemeThe Irish Parliament is calling on the EU to agree that the country can used forest carbon sinks to offset its non-Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) emissions.
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Government of Canada Launches Investments in Forest Industry Transformation ProgramThe Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) program was launched today by the Government of Canada.
The $100-million program will help to expand opportunities for Canada’s forestry sector through the development of innovative projects and technologies.
The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Natural Resources, launched the program today in Ottawa and made a call for proposals that could receive IFIT funding.
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30% wood harvest expansion projected for ChileChile’s forestry industry could increase wood production over 30% in the next fifteen years, as the sector significantly expands its land holdings, Hans Grosse, head of state forestry agency Instituto Forestal (Infor), said.
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Lumber supply, employment in B.C. will feel mountain pine beetle’s biteOne of the major clouds hanging over British Columbia’s economy and forest products industry is uncertainty about the mountain pine beetle epidemic.
To date, the pine beetle has killed an estimated 50% of the province’s mature lodgepole pine.
In a recent economic analysis that focused on the pine beetle epidemic, Central 1 economist Bryan Yu noted that over the past 90 years there have been four or five major mountain pine beetle infestations.
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Growth in timber exports from BrazilRecent data on the Brazilian timber industry reveals that exports of timber products from the country (excluding pulp and paper) were at US$206 million in June, up a healthy 19 per cent on the previous year.
During the same period, exports of tropical sawnwood fell in both volume and value terms, however, to 38,500 cu.m and US$17.9 million, a decrease of 4.7 per cent in volume and 3.8 per cent in value terms on 2009.
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China, Emerging Markets To Fuel Chile's Forestry IndustrySANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- Increasing demand from China and other emerging Asian markets will drive Chile's forestry industry in coming years, said a panel of industry executives Tuesday.
Chile's forestry sector, which produces wood boards, plywood and pulp, accounts for 8% of global forestry exports. It is also the Andean nation's second-largest exporting industry, just behind mining, and contributes 3% of the country's gross domestic product.
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Real Wood Floors: Going Green Can Be a Work of ArtST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There is no doubt that solid strip oak floors are still the overwhelming preference for most homeowners in the United States, and the reason is clear. Wood floors offer the most environmentally friendly flooring option available on the market. But wood floors are much more than just another green product; they also can be beautiful works of art.
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Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 2009ITTO's Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation compiles the most up-to-date and reliable international statistics available on global production and trade of timber, with an emphasis on the tropics.
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UNECE region recorded largest ever fall in wood consumptionIn 2009, the UNECE region (which includes Europe, North America and the CIS) experienced an 11.6% fall in consumption of wood and paper products, the largest year-on-year drop since the oil crisis of the 1970s. This is a key conclusion of the Forest Products Annual Market Review 2009-2010 jointly published by the UNECE and FAO earlier this month.
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B.C. forest industry’s losses may be at an end: conference boardVANCOUVER — The signs are glimmers of hope that British Columbia’s forestry-driven industries may be at the end of years of punishing losses and high unemployment, according to reports released Tuesday by the Conference Board of Canada.
Much of Canada’s wood-products sector has returned to profitability this year, the Conference Board said in its Canadian Industrial Profile-Summer 2010, published in collaboration with the Business Development Bank of Canada.
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