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Issue date: 
15 November 2010

Forestry industry fears for jobs if 100m trees are not planted

SCOTLAND'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.
Issue date: 
November 11th, 2010

Ruukki Group to pull out of pulp mill and sawmill project in Russia

Ruukki 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.
     

Issue date: 
1st November 2010

Mondi sees strong final quarter, says rand a 'major headwind'

Paper and packaging group Mondi expects to continue to deliver a strong performance in the last quarter of the year, but warned that the continued strengthening of emerging market currencies was impacting on the competitiveness of some of the group’s businesses.

The group, led by CEO David Hathorn, on Monday indicated in an interim management statement that its underlying profit for the third quarter of the year, ended September 30, had been the highest so far, this year.

Issue date: 
November 1, 2010

Growth is back in Baltics, Poland and Russia

After 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

Issue date: 
November 1st, 201

Learn about the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre

Have 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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Issue date: 
07 November 2010

New issue of MOST Digest - Russian Timber Industry

Issue date: 
October 25, 2010

China: Forest Industry will expand - wood imports

The 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.

Issue date: 
October 9, 2010

Pulp and paper firm signs carbon deal in Sumatra

Indonesian pulp and paper firm Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) has signed a deal to protect 15,640 hectares of peat forest in Sumatra in exchange for carbon payments, reports Reuters.

Issue date: 
October 03, 2010

Carbon Conservation and APP Introduce the World’s First Pulpwood Plantation to Carbon Reserve REDD-Plus Initiative

AKARTA, Indonesia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Indonesia will become home of the world’s first privately funded project turning pulpwood plantation concessions into a carbon reserve.

Issue date: 
Sept 28 2010

Possible merger between UPM and Myllykoski

Sept 28 2010  UPM confirmed Tuesday morning that it is engaged in discussions with Myllykoski concerning a potential take-over of Myllykoski's operations in Finland, Germany and United States.

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