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Federal Forestry Agency of the Russian Federation has named SibDSM CJSC (Siberian fiberboard mill) to be a high priority investment project during which an OSB mill will be launched in the city of Svirsk (Irkutsk Region). The construction works will start in July 2011, the first product output is...
Graz, Austria, Feb 3, 2011 - International technology Group ANDRITZ has been awarded an order by Graphic Packaging International to supply a 350,000 lb/h (160 t/h) steam boiler using woody biomass and primary clarifier sludge as fuels for the company’s mill in Macon, USA. Start-up of the boiler...
KAMA Pulp and paper mill (Krasnokamsk, Perm Territory) which is a part of Investlesprom Group will become the first company in Russia to produce light-weight coated paper. According to press-release of the Government of Perm Territory the production will be launched in March 2011. The raw...
Brazil, Feb 01, 2011 - Metso will supply a new recovery boiler and evaporation plant for Eldorado Celulose e Papel S.A.’s new greenfield pulp mill investment in Três Lagoas, Brazil. The value of the order is not disclosed. The order will be included in Energy and Environmental Technology’s Q4/...
The Neucel Specialty Cellulose mill in Port Alice, British Columbia has been sold to Fulida Group Holdings Ltd. of China. Fulida will be taking over full ownership of the mill with Zhejiang Fulida Ltd, a limited company that bought a minority position in the mill in January 2010. Financial...
4 February 2011, London, UK – Two Sides has joined with other industry bodies to urgently request a meeting with the European Commission to discuss the role of print media, and a need for the European Commission to form a balanced view of the sustainability of print media in a multi-media world.
The paper giant has been accused by Greenpeace of destructive logging and green-washing. But campaigners are mistaken, says APP boss Aida Greenbury - the company is supporting REDD projects and putting sustainability at the centre of operations
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).
Whilst the latest news on Malaysian deforestation is bad, it must be recognised that palm oil can be a positive force for the countries where it is grown, writes Adam Harrison of the World Wildlife Fund. One of the biggest drivers of forest loss in Malaysia and Indonesia is palm oil.
Compliance with the UK government's timber procurement policy is mainly demonstrated by certification under either the FSC or PEFC schemes and the schemes are very important for the implementation of the policy.
The innovation project of pine oil extraction in the Komi Republic will be brought to life by PechoraEnergoResurs which is located at Troitsko-Pechorsky district. This plan is acknowledged to be a high priority innovation project. Oil extraction from fir and pine needles will be executed during...
Following the opening of pellet production mini-plant in Nyandoma (Arkhangelsk Region) a new plant Biotek, OOO which production capacity will amount to 70 thousand tons of wood pellets per year is to be launched at the end of 2011 in Velsk. At the end of January 2011 European and American...
WHITECOURT, ALBERTA, CANADA, Jan 27, 2011 - The Government of Canada today announced an investment in new Canadian technology that will contribute to a more sustainable pulp and paper industry in Canada.
Ontario has chosen the winners of its wood supply competition and notices have gone out to the applicants. The goal of Ontario’s wood supply competition was to attract new investment in the forest sector, support new and innovative ventures to stimulate Ontario’s economy and build an industry...