Mets Wood has recorded €4m in operating profits in the first quarter and believes profitability will strengthen in the second quarter. Metsa, formerly known as Finnforest, said the building trade was expected to recover due to the ...
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Usually the articles I write feature change of some sort. Most often it’s a statistical series that has moved up or down. Sideways is the exception. A series that is well-known for its volatility is construction costs. That’s ...
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Portland cement production involves the chemical combination of calcium (generally from limestone), iron ore, silica, alumina, and other materials. It will benefit from rebounding growth in construction expenditures. Advances in Portland ...
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After two years of negotiations, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has approved the country's controversial 'Forest Code'. The legislationregulates land use and allows for the creation of boundaries within which native vegetation should be ...
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Over the past decade, China’s fast expanding economy and boom in housing starts lifted the country to being the world’s largest importer of sawlogs and the second largest importer of softwood lumber, after the US, as reported in ...
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The French maritime-pine plywood manufacturer Rolpin aims to take over Xilofrance, a company which has been the subject of a court restructuring process (“procédure de sauvegarde”) since August 2011. According to Benoit ...
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Swedish wood products giant Setra recorded a SKr27m operating loss for the first quarter. The result was an improvement from the SKr48m loss posted a year ago. Net sales were stable at SKr1.065bn (2011: SKr1.1bn). Setra president and CEO ...
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{ISSUE} Soaring energy prices are thinning profit margins in the transport sector and increasing operational costs in many manufacturing industries {SHIFT} Turning wood waste into bio-fuel helps industry find a cost-effective and ...
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As the U.S. Department of housing and Urban Development (HUD) established public housing programs for low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities, public housing by definition must be affordable for its residents. But ...
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Legendary father of the International Style of Architecture, Ludwig Mies van Der Rohe's twin glass tower apartments 860-880 Lake Shore Drive dubbed the 'Glass House''Apartments, were a radical departure from the traditional apartment ...
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Oman Cement Co (OCC) has announced plans to increase its cement grinding capacity, as it reported a robust 23.9% profit growth in the first quarter, Times of Oman has reported. Net profit during the quarter climbed to OR5.14m from OR4.15m ...
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Italian furniture manufacturers have again had to struggle against sharply declining domestic sales since 2011, a trend which especially affects small companies aligned primarily to the Italian market. The Italian furniture industry had ...
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VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. (TSX: CFP) said Thursday it will spend $40 million on capital improvement projects at its sawmills in B. C. 's Kootenay region. The company plans to spend $38.5 million on a new planer, a biomass energy system and ...
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After considerable delays arose in some cases in handling volumes under contract during the course of the first quarter, Finnish as well as Swedish shippers were unable to agree follow-on second-quarter delivery contracts with whitewood ...
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Ghana is seeking to purchase timber from Cameroon after its own forestry resources were depleted, said Lands and Natural Resources Minister Mike Hammah. “We are here to explore what Cameroon has in terms of forestry and wildlife and ...
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