Analysis Of Development Of Forestry Industry And Wood Processing Industry In China ProposalSince 1949, China has completed six national forest resources inventories. According to the result of the sixth forest resources inventory (1999-2003), there is 175 million hectares of forests, 13.618 billion of living trees accumulate, 12.456 billion cubic meters of forests accumulate, and 18.21% of forest coverage which is nearly 10% higher than 8.6% after the founding of new China. The forest area of China ranks the fifth in the world; the forests accumulate ranks the sixth in the world; the area of man-made forests is 53.2573 million hectares and ranks the first in the world.
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Report On The Analysis Of Development Of Forestry Industry And Wood Processing Industry In China-Aarkstore EnterpriseThis report makes an in-depth analysis on the Development of Forestry Industry and Wood Processing Industry in China
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Wood industry, the state has adopted a new machine which forestry development planNovember 3, 2009 was informed that the State Forestry Administration, the State Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce, State Administration of Taxation have jointly issued the five departments of the “Forestry Industry Development Plan (2010-2012)”, as a gui
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Green Province Of Jiangsu Forestry Forestry Province TransfigurationForestry Bureau of Jiangsu Province has learned from the early 2003 provincial government proposed the building of “green Jiangsu” development strategy has been the rapid development of forestry industry in Jiangsu Province.
Key words: Forestry, Jiangsu province, Jiangsu province forestry
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Anhui Province Suzhou City forestry the first time five billion yuan of GDPYear of the Tiger Spring comes early in 1000 the village is busy planting trees. When the spring again blowing Suzhou earth, people were happy to find that piece of the green throughout the city, look exceptionally beautiful.
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To create a 10 billion yuan Hezhou Forestry IndustryMarch 28, Hezhou Gui Sunda Plate Co., Ltd. produce 100,000 cubic meters of plywood project goes into operation. Same day, the annual output of 200,000 cubic meters particleboard project started. Hezhou leader said: “These two forestry production and processing projects started, marking the Hezhou forestry industry chain is becoming longer and longer, to build a foundation for billions of forest industry.”
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Hubei Haman to Build the Country’s First Modern Forestry SenCentral China’s largest sheet processing bases the “Hubei Modern Forestry Science and Technology Industrial Park of Forest Industry of Haman,” was formally established. This is the first modern forestry, forestry technology industry park, Hubei Province Forestry Bureau to actively promote the development of modern forestry industry, and create forestry development, technological innovation platform for yet another strategic move.
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Western timber, log markets on shakey ground as housing starts remain slowBEDFORD, MA, Sept. 3, 2010 (RISI) - The first half of 2010 saw western timber markets begin to recover after hitting historical lows in mid 2009.
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Chinese lumber production increasing 60% in five yearsDespite the fact that China has a simple, unsophisticated and labour-intensive sawmill industry, the country is ranked as the world’s third-largest lumber producer (after the U.S.
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Recent Economic Indicators for the Wood Products IndustryNew numbers suggest growth in the second quarter was sluggish.
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New Zealand Log Prices - September 2010A clearing of inventory in China has prompted a firming of CFR (in-market) log prices this month.
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China: Forest Industry will expand - wood importsThe forest industry in China is continuing its expansion, and with limited domestic timber resources, importation of logs and wood chips are at an all-time high, especially as tight supply of domestic logs has increased local log prices to new highs.
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New issue of MOST Digest - Russian Timber Industry
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Learn about the Canadian Wood Fibre CentreHave you heard of the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre?
The mission of the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre is to create innovative knowledge to expand the economic opportunities for the forest sector to benefit from Canadian wood fibre.
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Growth is back in Baltics, Poland and RussiaAfter some tough years, the economic crisis is over for the Baltic states, Poland and Russia, at least in terms of growth, according to Nordea´s Baltic Rim Outlook. Estonia's forthcoming accession of the euro underlines that a new era has begun for the Baltics. Exports have initially been th
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Karelia: RUR 20 mln to be invested in regional economy In 2011 Karelia’s Ministry of Economic Development plans to attract about 20 bln rubles of state and private investments to the regional economy, what corresponds to the rates of 2010.
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Ruukki Group to pull out of pulp mill and sawmill project in RussiaRuukki Group, a Finland-based company that focuses on wood-based industrial business operations, has scrapped its plans to build a large pulp mill and sawmill in the Kostroma Oblast in Russia. reports Helsingin Sanomat..The company did not accept the contract changes requested by the Kostroma authorities and decided to pull out of the project.
Ruukki is accusing the Kostroma local administration of contract violations and plans to seek damages in a local court of first instance.
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Production halt in forestry group SödraThe advantage for Swedish sawmills has disappeared with the appreciation of the Swedish Crown.
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Lower prices for timber products in SwedenThe recent positive trend in prices on wood products has turned.
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Forestry industry fears for jobs if 100m trees are not plantedSCOTLAND'S forests are in deep decline, threatening jobs and carbon-cutting targets, despite a Scottish Government pledge to plant 100 million new trees by 2015, industry experts have warned.
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Timber shortage in Kenya forces merchants to import commodityA chronic timber shortage has hit Kenya forcing the country to turn to expensive imports from neighboring countries.
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Cameroon Timber Tax Shows Problems Distributing REDD Payments To LocalsA new study finds a lack of transparency and corruption are reducing the impact of an initiative in Cameroon that channels a portion of national timber levies to rural forest communities. The study highlights the challenges of using a climate change pact to do something similar in forested regions around the world.
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New Zealand Log Prices - November 2010Supply and demand in China, New Zealand’s major export log market, appears to be reaching a balance. As such, in-market prices for New Zealand logs in China and Korea have slowed from the rapid rises witnessed through September and October.
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Electricity prices in Sweden and Norway has increased sharply over the past weekOne of the major cost in forestry, pulp and basic industries are high electricity prices.
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Reduction of Russian timber duties after negotiations with WTO Russia will reduce its wood tariffs probably within a year. Russia has given this promise to reduce timber dutis in negatiations to the European Commission in exchange for membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) according to the Finnish TV Yle.
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Finland overhauls timber price information dataMore detailed price information, including data broken down by felling type, is to be published by Finland’s forest industry in a bid to help timber sales.
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EU - Russia deal could end log export tariffsReuters reported this week that Russia and the European Union struck a deal on Wednesday to phase out Russian export tariffs on raw materials.This is designed to smooth the way for Moscow’s entry into the WTO.
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Forest Shares in Finland increased by 33-99% over the past 12 monthsThose who have invested in Finnish shares in the past year have made a great deal. The General index at the Helsinki Stock Exchange in Finland, has risen by 15 percent in one year and the charts are easy to find stocks that have risen 50-60 percent or more.
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Sawlog costs in Europe have gone up more than lumber pricesSeattle, USA. Over the past year, the sawmilling sector in Europe has shifted from high production levels and the highest lumber prices in four years, to weakening lumber demand and reduced prices for many lumber grades during this fall.
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Jukka Pahta appointed chief financial officer of PöyryFinland, 21 Dec 2010, Jukka Pahta, 44, has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pöyry PLC. He will become a member of the Group Executive Committee of Pöyry PLC and report to Heikki Malinen, President and CEO of Pöyry PLC. Jukka Pahta will be based at the Pöyry headquarters in Vantaa, Finland. He will take over his new duties on 1 March 2011 at the latest.
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New Brunswick’s plan to strengthen & renew their forest industryThe provincial government of New Brunswick will be taking a series of actions to strengthen and renew the province’s forest industry.
An action plan has been drafted based on recommendations from a stakeholder summit held in November.
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India’s door is now open to B.C.’s lumberMike de Jong, a B.C. Liberal leader candidate, spoke at Carrier Lumber in Prince George today about lumber exports to India.
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Finish roundwood cartel led to losses over one billion Euros for private ownersFinnish Yle reports on a raw timber cartel, which operated in Finland between 1997-2004. Forest Research Institute Metla estimates the value of direct losses for private forest owners to over one billion Euros. The indirect losses reached a few hundred million Euros.
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Government Investment in Forest Products Industry Continues to Pay Dividends
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Forestry Commission forecasts high demand for woodThe UK Forestry Commission is predicting that the increased use of wood-fuelled boilers could boost the industry.
According to the commission, there has been a growth of businesses and consumers opting to install eco-friendly biomass boilers to reduce fuel bills and lower emissions.
In particular, the Forestry Commission highlighted the recent decision of Bradford council to use biomass fuel at its City Hall and Ilkley Town Hall as part of commitment to reduce greenhouse gases by 20 per cent in 2010/11.
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Production starting at the largest Sawmill in ScandinaviaProduction is set to start at Braviken Sawmill, the largest in Scandinavia according to a pressrelease from the company. The first log for a customer order was cut up in the sawmill on 12 January 2011.
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SCA opens news sales company for timber in ChinaFor the past five years, SCA Timber has had a representative in Hong Kong, focusing on sales and contract manufacturing. SCA is now about to take the next step and open a sales company in Hong Kong – SCA Timber China & S.E.
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North American log and lumber exports to China up over 150% in 2010China has come to the rescue for many sawmills and timberland owners in the US and Canada the past year.
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Saw milling: Simon and Shock’s US$18.7M forest project requires environmental study ..says EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says a sawmilling project by Simon and Shock International – a timber company – requires an Environmental Impact Assessment before a permit can be granted for the operations to go ahead. The operation is to take place in the Upper Essequibo-Corentyne-North Rupununi District.
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Canada loses another round in the softwood lumber dispute
The London Court of International Arbitration tribunal has ruled that Canada breached its obligations under the anti-circumvention provisions of the Softwood Lumber Agreement and determined compensatory export measures to remedy the breach.
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“Luzales” company wood-sawing production modernization project is going to become a priority
"Luzales" company sent an application to become production modernization priority investment project. It was done on the meeting of Industry and Energy Ministry (Jan 19), which was chaired by Alexander Gibezh, deputy minister.
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UPM's associated company Pohjolan Voima is negotiating with the State of Finland and Ilmarinen on the transaction of Fin
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Arkhangelsk Region to Become a Front-Runner in the Development of Biofuel Technologies
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A new actor at the timber market of Arkhangelsk Region to compete for the leading positions
Haing received Russian anti-monopoly approval RusForest AB (Sweden) has completed the acquisition of 86 percent of OAO "LDK-3", a sawmilling operation located in Arkhangelsk and 100 percent of OOO "Infa", a planing mill at the same site from Nothern Shipping Company JSC (NSC).
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RusForest acquires forestry company in Boguchany, Krasnoyarsk region in Russia
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International Year of Forests launched
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Association of Wooden Construction welcomes the timber industry companies to take part in a meeting
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The shareholders of Arkhangelsk PPM to discuss the Pulp Mill Holding proposal
The Board of Directors of Arkhangelsk PPM has decided to hold an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on March 9, 2011. As reported by the company, the meeting will be held in vote in absentia principle. The shareholders shall give their approval to major interrelated transactions.
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Forest industry in 2010: Production up 12% in Finland
Finland, Feb 11, 2011 - The forest industry of Finland recorded annual production increase of some 12% in 2010, but production volume did not yet rise to the level achieved in 2008.
Pulp and paper industry production was up about 11% and the wood products industry’s production increased by some 14%. The continuation of this positive development after industry companies have finished implementing structural changes will depend on whether or not domestic costs are kept in check.
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Koryazhma Forestry Branch of Ilim Group Receives New Equipment
St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb 14, 2011 - In 2010, Ilim Group invested USD 19 million to purchase advanced harvesting and auxiliary equipment for the Company’s Forestry Branch in Koryazhma. The amount of investments is more than 10 times greater than in 2009.
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Arkhangelsk Region became the third for investment growth rate in the Northwestern Federal District
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Full list of companies accepting new wood supply in Ontario
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AbiBow Canada Inc., Thunder Bay
will produce stud lumber at their sawmill. |
Creating 50
Sustaining 160 |
221,000 conifer |
Capital Power Income L.P., Calstock
will use sawmill wood waste to produce electricity. |
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The timber industry complex of Vologda Region is fast growing
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Irkutsk Region is going to encourage USA investments to the sawmilling and woodworking industry
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Timber processing in Brazil commands new technology
An international technology company has received an order to supply another timber product processing system to the MDF plant of Arauco do Brasil SA.
The technology group, Andritz, has been contracted by the company to provide a third pressurised refining system at the plant in Jaguariaíva. It is the 11th such system that the company has provided to MDF manufacturers in the company, indicating the robust health of the timber product market.
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Giving the imbalance in wood demand the chop
A new inquiry can find solutions to many Australian forestry industry problems.
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The investments in the timber industry complex of the Perm Territory to reach RUR 25 bln
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Timber industry complex of the Leningrad Region came out of a recession
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The results of the VIII Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum: solid investments will flow to Siberia
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Sawlog costs for many sawmills around the world went up during 2010
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U.S. lumber prices expected to spike
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Alberta’s forest products shipments went up 25% from 2009 to 2010
Total shipments of lumber, panelboard, pulp and paper manufactured by Alberta Forest Products Association-member companies for 2010 were up substantially over the previous year. Shipments increased from approximately $1.9 billion to $2.3 billion.
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The international project in timber industry complex will be implemented in the Republic of Buryatia
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The Delegation of the holding company «Altayles» to participate in «WoodMac China 2011»
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High-rise wood buildings could boost Brazil’s timber industry
A growth in high-rise wood buildings could boost timber production in Brazil and see the country's trees being used for more buildings globally, a Canadian architect has claimed.
Michael Green, an architect at Vancouver-based firm Mgb Architecture, made the claims at the recent Green Cities conference in Melbourne. Green is currently using a grant to design a 30-storey timber building in British Colombia. He said he wanted to use the prototype to prove that high-rise wood buildings were economically viable and offered an investment opportunity.
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New industry investment appearing in Russia
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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.
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IFC and NCASI Release Enhanced Version of the Forest Industry Carbon Assessment Tool (FICAT)
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The investments in the timber industry complex of Karelia doubled
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Arkhangelsk International Forestry Forum will take place in April, 6-8
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Pine Pulpwood Prices Driven by Bioenergy and OSB
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Wood costs for the global pulp industry have increased 17 percent the past two years
Global market pulp production increased by seven percent in 2010, which increased demand for wood raw-material. As a result, prices for wood chips and pulplogs were up in most regions of the world, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.
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Lumber pricing spikes in the aftermath of Japan's massive earthquake
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Ilim Group Receives FSC Forest Management Certificate
St. Petersburg, Russia, Mar 15, 2011 - OJSC Ilim Group received a multi-site FSC Forest Management Certificate, which also applies to the Group’s harvesting operations in Siberia (the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk District Branches). This FSC Certificate covers that largest area of certified forest in Russia and the second largest in the world, 3.7 million hectares.
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UPM Applies for FSC certification for its Own Forests in Finland
UPM, Helsinki, 15 March 2011 at 11:00 EET) - UPM applies for FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certification for its forests in Finland. At the same time UPM also extends its forest service portfolio to cover FSC-certification
services to Finnish forest owners. UPM's forests and most of the privately owned forests in Finland are already certified under PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes).
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Ilim Timber Industry having acquired Tolleson Lumber becomes Top-10 largest global sawmill producer
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The timber harvesting volume in the Republic of Bashkortostan is projected to increase by 30%
The timber harvesting volumes will increase by 30 %, as estimated by Rajap Nabiullin, the Minister for Forestry Complex of the Republic of Bashkortostan. This index was accepted by the Forest Plan and the Program of Development of the regional Timber Industry Complex.
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Harper Government Invests in Canada's Forest Sector - Catalyst's Powell River Mill
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What forestry can do for climate change policy
Growing trees is nature’s way of absorbing carbon from the atmosphere. So most would assume that the forest industry would be front and centre of the government’s climate change policy. They’d be wrong.
The government’s carbon price to be introduced from July 2012 will rightly focus on the big emitters but will provide next to no incentives for growth in Australia’s sustainable forest industry – which absorbs and stores carbon from the atmosphere.
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Swedish forest industry critical about the green paradigm shift according to new thesis
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Log shortage halts work for many in British Columbia
Arnold Bercov, president of the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada Local 8, is very concerned that shipping raw logs out of British Columbia is coming at a cost to many local mills.
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UPM aims at building with wood
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Ilim Group Starts Construction Works at Bratsk Within Investment Project's Realization
St. Petersburg, Russia, Mar 29, 2011 - Ilim Group obtained permission to start construction works in Bratsk within over 700 million dollars investment project. The permission was issued by Bratsk administration. Not long ago Ilim Group also obtained consent from the Main State Expert Review Board on this project.
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Japan is in urgent need of pre-fabricated houses and manufactured wood products
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Japanese Importation of Logs, Lumber and Plywood in 2011 is Likely to be the Highest it has been Since 2008
Seattle, USA, Mar 28, 2011 - The earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11 is first and foremost a humanitarian tragedy that is difficult to comprehend. Over 10,000 people died during and in the immediate aftermath; more than 400,000 people lost their homes and 100-150,000 buildings were destroyed. The re-building of towns, roads, railways and the power grid in the impacted region northeast of Tokyo will be a lengthy and difficult undertaking.
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Wood First initatives – spreading from B.C. across the country
The Wood First initiative started in British Columbia. Their provincial government passed the Wood First Act in 2009 that requires wood to be considered as the primary building material in all new publicly-funded buildings, such as schools, libraries or sports complexes.
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Japan likely to boost log imports
Hakan Ekstrom, a principal of United States-based Wood Resources International in an article this week said reconstruction of up to 150,000 buildings in northern Japan in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on 11 March 11 will boost NZ log exports.
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Australian structural softwood product prices stable
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Macroeconomic impact of Japan's earthquake
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Chinese Investment in Canadian Forestry is Soaring
Recent trends indicate that there have been significant growths in Canadian forestry from Chinese investors.
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Well-known Indian coffee-maker taps Guyana's furniture wood
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Collapsing lumber prices portend a weaker economy
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Stora Enso : Rethink - A Change Process and a New Corporate Identity
Helsinki, Finland, Apr 20, 2011 - Stora Enso initiated a change process called Rethink in spring 2010 and communicated the process internally in November 2010. Today Rethink is launched externally. The most visible sign of the change externally is Stora Enso’s new corporate identity.
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Södra report - strong pulp market
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Five priority projects with the total cost of 25 bln rubles are implemented in Arkhangelsk Region
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Forest workers ready to strike in British Columbia
Forestry workers in British Columbia‘s southern interior are ready to strike.
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Lumber Demand is Increasing Worldwide
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Time for reform of Cameroon’s domestic timber sector
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (23 April, 2011)_The trade in illegally harvested timber provides a living for more than 45,000 people, a major source of income for corrupt officials and not a cent for the state. Follow this 5-part series as I explore Cameroon’s hidden harvest.
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Speed construction demonstrated in Beijing
Three storeys, nine apartment units, 8,352 sq. feet and in just 60 hours. Green Home Canada was built at the Beijing International Convention Centre between 24 March 24 and the evening of 27 March to demonstrate the speed, ease and environmental benefits of modular wood construction at the Beijing Green Building Show.
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