VANCOUVER — The signs are glimmers of hope that British Columbia’s forestry-driven industries may be at the end of years of punishing losses and high unemployment, according to reports released Tuesday by the Conference Board of Canada. Much of Canada’s wood-products sector has returned to...
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Vancouver Sun |
14 years 3 months ago
AGROMAIL |
14 years 2 months ago
November 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 guide...
AGROMAIL |
14 years 2 months ago
Since 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%...
AGROMAIL |
14 years 2 months ago
Forestry 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
AGROMAIL |
14 years 2 months ago
Report on the Analysis of Development of Forestry Industry and Wood Processing Industry in China Background of the Research
Greenwood Management |
14 years 3 months ago
Investing experts are predicting that Brazil will be joined by Chile in leading the way for new, profitable investment opportunities in South America. The abundant natural resources in Brazil – including timber and minerals – as well as the planned work to give it a global quality infrastructure,...
Dead Tree Edition |
14 years 3 months ago
The “Son of Black Liquor” tax credits will probably cost American taxpayers hundreds of millions, if not billions, of additional dollars, but Congress might grab the money without paper manufacturers getting a dime. Seven publicly traded paper companies have estimated that they will net about...
ITTO |
14 years 3 months ago
In 2009, the UNECE region (which includes Europe, North America and the CIS) experienced an 11.6% fall in consumption of wood and paper products, the largest year-on-year drop since the oil crisis of the 1970s. This is a key conclusion of the Forest Products Annual Market Review 2009-2010 jointly...
14 years 3 months ago
ITTO's Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation compiles the most up-to-date and reliable international statistics available on global production and trade of timber, with an emphasis on the tropics. It also provides information on trends in forest area, forest management and the...
NewsWire |
14 years 3 months ago
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There is no doubt that solid strip oak floors are still the overwhelming preference for most homeowners in the United States, and the reason is clear. Wood floors offer the most environmentally friendly flooring option available on the market. But...
RISI |
14 years 3 months ago
LONDON, Aug. 12, 2010 (RISI) - This week the Chinese government, following up on an announcement made on May 27 of this year, released a final list of 279 pulp and paper mills at which capacity is to be removed as part of its broader program of closing small, inefficient manufacturing operations...
RUNA |
14 years 3 months ago
Novye Lesnye Technologies (New Timber Technologies, St. Petersburg) is to invest over RUR11.8 mln (€ 300 th.) in construction of a mill for advanced timber processing in the Arkhangelsk region. The mill is to produce wooden boards and chipboards with annual capacity making up 250 th. cubic meters...
RISI |
14 years 3 months ago
SHANGHAI, Aug. 9, 2010 (RISI) - Expansion (in almost all paper grades), is the word that can be heard most in talks among industry CEOs and executives during recent events that I attended organized by suppliers or industry associations in the pulp and paper industry. The Chinese market seems to...
ProPrint |
14 years 3 months ago
As European paper-making continues to falter, the Asian superpower is growing capacity at a great rate.
Automated Trader |
14 years 3 months ago
SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- Increasing demand from China and other emerging Asian markets will drive Chile's forestry industry in coming years, said a panel of industry executives Tuesday. Chile's forestry sector, which produces wood boards, plywood and pulp, accounts for 8% of global forestry exports...
Journal of Commerce |
14 years 3 months ago
One of the major clouds hanging over British Columbia’s economy and forest products industry is uncertainty about the mountain pine beetle epidemic. To date, the pine beetle has killed an estimated 50% of the province’s mature lodgepole pine. In a recent economic analysis that focused on the pine...
Fox Business |
14 years 3 months ago
SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- Chilean wood pulp producer Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA seeks to continue its regional expansion as it develops plans for a new pulp mill in Uruguay, Arauco's corporate director, Franco Bozzalla, said Tuesday. Arauco, through a joint-venture company with European pulp...
Greenwood Management |
14 years 3 months ago
Recent data on the Brazilian timber industry reveals that exports of timber products from the country (excluding pulp and paper) were at US$206 million in June, up a healthy 19 per cent on the previous year. During the same period, exports of tropical sawnwood fell in both volume and value terms,...
Engineering News |
14 years 3 months ago
A strong performance for its Europe & International division and improving conditions in its South Africa division have led to paper and packaging group Mondi reporting interim headline earnings a share of €0,24 a share. This compared to a headline loss a share of €0,01 a share in the six...
What they think |
14 years 3 months ago
Yep. That’s right. Recycling doesn’t save trees. That’s the position of Roger Dziengelski, a Certified Forester and VP of Continuous Improvement and External Operations for Finch Paper, LLC in upstate New York.