Papier- und Zellstoffindustrie

The Miramichi region of New Brunswick was hit hard when the forestry sector collapsed. For a time last year, there wasn’t a single mill left operating on the Miramichi.

Here is the current state of the Miramichi mills:

UPM-Kymmene mill

JAKARTA (AFP) – Greenpeace on Wednesday accused Mattel, the US maker of Barbie dolls, of contributing to the wanton destruction of carbon-rich Indonesian forests and habitats of endangered species like Sumatran tigers.

Wood costs for the global pulp industry have risen 17 per cent in the past two years, according to market reports.

Global market pulp production increased by seven per cent in 2010, which, in turn, boosted demand for wood raw material and pushed up prices for wood chips and pulp logs in most regions of the world, the Wood Resource Quarterly reported.

The second half of 2010 saw higher-than-anticipated global pulp production, with markets in a stronger position than they had been in the first six months of the year.