Cement manufacturers are ruing the decision to increase capacity, as the cement consumption remained stagnant in past four years. The exports are also on constant decline forcing the sector to operate at 69 percent installed capacity. A ...
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's exports of timber and timber products in 2012 is expected to be better than last year, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said today. He said Malaysia exported timber and timber ...
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Lumber, panelboard, pulp and paper manufactured by member companies of the Alberta Forest Products Association was worth about $2.2 billion in 2011, a drop of $152 million - or 6.6 per cent - from 2010. In the fourth quarter of 2011, ...
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In its business year 2011, the Swedish forestry and timber group Södra was unable to match either the sales revenue or the operating result of the previous year. Owing to the comparatively slow pace of business since the second quarter ...
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Sawlog prices in the 4Q/11 were down both in U. S. Dollar terms and in local currencies in most of the 20 regions we cover, as compared to the previous quarter. The biggest declines occurred in Western Canada, Finland, Sweden, Russia and ...
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In a recent report on wood preservation, Global Industry Analysts projected that the Global market for wood preservatives is likely to reach US$1.5 billion by 2017. Although major end use applications for wood preservatives are decking and ...
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Iran exported over 9.3 million tons of cement in the first eleven months of this year (ends on March 19), marking a 17 percent rise on the same period last year, IRNA news agency reported. Exports of clinker, a prerequisite to cement, stood ...
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With "March Madness" upon us, now is an appropriate time to take a look at what's new in maple sports surfaces. The old "gym floor" has come a long way over the past 25 years. They are safer and better engineered – a more ...
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By the end of February 2012, prices on the southern and western German softwood log markets stabilised at the level they had reached at the beginning of the year; No further significant fluctuations have occurred in prices since then. In ...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the seasonally adjusted (SA) Producer Price Index (PPI) for materials and components used in construction rose 0.2% in December after no change in November. The index was up 3.6% on a ...
OLYMPIA, Wash. – When a massive earthquake destroyed San Francisco in 1906, timber mills in the Northwest went into high gear. They supplied the wood needed to rebuild. Last year, many in the timber industry predicted the Tohoku quake ...
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PLANS to stamp out the importation of illegally-logged timber will not damage Australia's relationship with Indonesia, the federal government says. Draft legislation aims to slap fines and or imprisonment on importers who source ...
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According to foreign intermediary's report, due to rebound of nickel price and traders overweight inventory, after a week holiday of Chinese New Year, the price of Asian stainless steel starts to increase. By report, transaction price of ...
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Production cuts in Finland have brought some balance to the market Summary Sawn timber prices are improving. Mild weather has hindered access to harvesting sites. UK purchases continue to be hand to mouth. Finnish producers are generally ...
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Oman Cement has said its Kiln One operations, which had been suspended last week in line with an order from the ministry of environment, is to be resumed following a pledge by the company to address environmental pollution concerns, Oman ...
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