Travis Perkins plc has reported a 7.3% rise in pre-tax profits for the first six months but says the exceptionally wet weather wiped around £10m off its results. Chief executive Geoff Cooper said the prolonged period of rain affected ...
The downhill trend in the price indices for solid wood products for manufacturing wooden pallets and wooden packaging did not continue in the second quarter of 2012. The HPE wood-price index for “solid wood for wooden pallets” ...
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The downhill trend in the price indices for solid wood products for manufacturing wooden pallets and wooden packaging did not continue in the second quarter of 2012. The HPE wood-price index for “solid wood for wooden pallets” ...
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Holcim Ltd. (HOLN) may receive a fine this year for price fixing in Brazil that is a third less than the maximum expected by the cement maker. Antitrust regulator Cade will probably issue a penalty of 20 percent of Holcim’s 2005 ...
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Siam Cement, a barometer of Thailand s corporate health, posted April-June net profit of 4.28 billion Thai baht ($135 million), down from 7.49 billion baht a year earlier. Eleven analysts polled by Reuters had forecast an average net profit ...
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North American OSB manufacturers are still operating well below their technical production capacity. Estimates drawn up by two producers - Norbord and Louisiana-Pacific - show that mills continued to operate below 60% capacity in 2011. ...
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On 18 July 2012, the Russian Federation Council approved the protocol for Russia’s accession to the WTO. The country will now become a full WTO member 30 days by 22 August at the latest. After that Russia will reduce export duty on ...
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The U. S. Forest Products Laboratory, in Madison, says it's opening a $1.7 million pilot plant that will support an emerging market for wood products derived from nanotechnology. The products could be stronger than Kevlar and lighter than ...
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Seattle -- Prices for woody biomass in the US, whether sawmill by-products, forestresidues or urban wood waste, have been sliding for most of the past three years, but werestill higher late in 2011 in most regions than they were five years ...
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Imports of plywood into Spain have dropped again in the first three months of 2012 after a weak final quarter of 2011. AEIM, an organisation representing Spanish wood importers, reported that imports of non-tropical hardwood and softwood ...
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The timber trade has given further positive reaction to the publication of the Independent Panel on Forestry’s final report to government. As reported in TTJ, the panel has made the bold recommendation that incentives be used to ...
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From 10 to 12 October the European Panel Federation (EPF) and the Fraunhofer-Institut für Holzforschung - Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut will stage what is now the eighth wood-based panels symposium in Hanover. The organisation of the event ...
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Central European chipboard and MDF/HDF manufacturers are meanwhile cutting back their output more conspicuously again. The number and duration of the stoppages will grow sharply in July; Machinery is being shut down for an average of 8-10 ...
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A cement factory is to be established in the Manica province of Mozambique, according to its Mayor Eus bio Lambo Gondiua said that contacts have been made with the relevant authorities and in coordination with the Barue district government ...
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Reuters reported that Southern Province Cement reported 9.6% rise in quarterly profits citing the start up a second production line at one of its plants and increased demand from local markets. Saudi Arabia s biggest cement producer by ...
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