Stora Enso starts feasibility study for possible investment in Oulu mill in Finland
Stora Enso has started a feasibility study and an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a possible investment in Oulu mill [...]
July 5, 2018
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SCA begins production at recently expanded Östrand pulp mill in Sweden
SCA began production at the expanded Östrand pulp mill in Sweden. The company will investing SEK 7.8 billion ($881 [...]
July 3, 2018
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Moody’s forecast for global paper and forest products industry upgrades to ‘positive’
Moody’s Corporation, bond credit rating business Moody’s Investors Service, has released a report which has changed the outlook [...]
June 29, 2018
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Lenzing and Duratex to build giant pulp mill in Brazil
Lenzing, the Austrian cellulose fibres producer, and Duratex, the Brazilian wood panels maker, announced plan to build a dissolving wood [...]
June 29, 2018
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Ilim Group makes $1 billion investment in its Ust-Ilimsk mill in Russia
Ilim Group launches integrated investment project Big Ust-Ilimsk at Ilim's Mill in Ust-Ilimsk [...]
June 26, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Russia
Finnish softwood lumber production stimulated by booming Chinese demand
The growth of the global economy, increasing demand for forest industry products and investments in Finland’s forest sector continue [...]
June 20, 2018
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Metsä Group sell Eskola Sawmill in Finland
Finnish sawmill Haapajärven Saha Ha-Sa (Ha-Sa) has acquired Metsä Fibre's Eskola Sawmill in Kannus in Finland [...]
June 20, 2018
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Global forest industry trends during the first quarter of 2018
The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) jumped 5.1% q-o-q in the 1Q/18 to reach its highest [...]
June 13, 2018
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US pulpmills increased costs for wood fiber during the Q1/2018
During the first quarter of 2018, there were substantial increases in wood costs for pulpmills in Western US and Canada [...]
June 11, 2018
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Roundwood prices in Finland increased during March
Roundwood prices in Finland have increased in March 2018, as compared to the same month last year. The same increase [...]
June 11, 2018
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