Despite a Democratic Congressman almost ruining the scheme by committing a cardinal political sin – He told the truth! – the historic healthcare legislation President Obama signed today assumes $23.6 billion in savings from eliminating a mythical black liquor tax credit.
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Forest Talk |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
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. Domtar will receive 19% of the proceeds in shares of EACOM. The...
Vancouver Sun |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
VANCOUVER — 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. Lumber exports to China hit 1.63 million board feet in 2009, more than twice the volume shipped in...
RISI |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
RUNA |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
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. With...
PrintWeek |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
Stora Enso has said it will "take weeks" to normalise all mill operations in Finland, following the end of a 16-day strike by the country's stevedores (dock workers) on Friday. */ /*-->*/ The strike prevented paper manufacturers from exporting their products, and the sector now faces a...
RISI |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
SAO PAULO, Mär. 22, 2010 (RISI) - The strong earthquake experienced by Chile on February 27th threatened many sectors of the country's economy and interrupted the supply of goods to international markets. Although Chile is mostly known as the largest copper producer in the world, it is also a...
Truro Daily News |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
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. Pat Bell was commenting on a forecast by analysts at Vancouver's...
Papernet SE |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
The majority of Finland's paper manufacturing capacity has had to be shut down because of the stevedore strike. Stora Enso has closed more than half of its paper production in Finland, and UPM has stopped 15 of its 19 paper machines in the country.
The Vancouver Sun |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
The 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. Damage to Chile's pulp mills appears to be particularly severe, knocking many mills out for months while damage is assessed and repaired...
Treehugger |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
It takes time, sometimes decades, but people power can turn around seemingly unstoppable juggernauts. That seems to be what is happening with regard to Tasmania's old growth forests. For decades environmentalists have expressed their concern that these ancient forests, with all their attendant...
Mongabay |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
A survey of 78 forestry concessions in Peru found that 46 (59 percent) were in breach of their concession contracts, reports the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). Monitoring conducted by Peru's Agency for Supervision of Forest Resources and Wildlife (OSINFOR) during 2009 found...
Cliamte Commercial |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
The World Trade Organisation publishes an annual ‘World Trade Report’ which addresses issues and trends in trade, trade policy and multilateral trading. The 2010 edition, to be published in July, will be ‘Trade in Natural Resources: Challenges in Global Governance“.
RUNA |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
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. For Jartek, the most...
Absolute Truths |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
Coated Groundwood Price Increase- We have been projecting a second quarter price reversal in coated grades since early last fall. It has been our contention that a market turnaround could occur without additional capacity withdrawals – if producers would maintain a disciplined approach. In...
International Forestindustries |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
Softwood lumber prices were up in both North America and Europe in the 4Q, but it was more the result of lower inventory levels and reduced production rather than an increase in demand, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. The hot market for lumber last year was China, which increased imports...
Reuters |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
SANTIAGO, March 9 (Reuters) - Chile's key forestry sector may see exports fall by around 15 percent this year after a giant earthquake destroyed processing plants, an industry executive told the daily Diario Financiero. Chile is one of the world's top producers of cellulose used to make paper and...
RISI |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
BRUSSELS, Mär. 9, 2010 (RISI) - REACTIONS TO THE emergence of e-readers from within the pulp and paper industry tend to come in one of two flavors: either i) a head-in-the-sand refusal to believe that anyone would want to read a book or newspaper on an electronic device, no matter how fancy,...
RISI |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
BARCELONA, Mär. 8, 2010 (RISI) - Both the European and North American paper industries are at a crossroads. Declining paper demand appears to be the big predicament but it is really not the only one nor the most important. History tells us that this is a transitory issue that will eventually run...
Swiss Info |
vor 14 Jahre 9 months
A 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. The eastern regional branch of the country’s Wood Industry Association has urged private forest managers to harvest more trees to keep...