In the modern era of financial uncertainty, forestry investment has been hailed as a great way of securing a strong return by the latest Forest Market Report 2011. Carried out by property consultants Savills alongside woodland specialists ...
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LONDON: Finnforest hosted a 'meet the press' day last week at which it shared its predictions for the New Year about how it will be proceeding and what the timber market will be like in 2012. "Although some elements of the market have ...
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According to a report by Global Investment House (GIH), cement prices in Oman have seen a 13% year-on-year fall in the first nine months of 2011, and fell 19% since the year ended 2010, the largest decline among other GCC peers, Times of ...
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On November 24, Beijing Jin Yu Group invited the experts and entrepreneurs in ceramic sector to discuss the project scheme of Beijng Jin Yu Ceramic Logistics Base. The experts and enterprises representatives included: Mr. Chen Fan, Vice ...
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The general slight flattening in economic activity has also been reflected in slightly slacker demand for load carriers in the past few weeks. The tapering out of seasonal influences and the usual lower stocks in the industry at the end of ...
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A new automatic sorting facility will be installed at Södra Timber's Kinda sawmill as part of the mill's conversion to pine only production. Södra Timber said the investment on the trimmer will go ahead in 2012 to ensure optimised ...
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Malaysia may be looking at the possibility of different states within the country making Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) with the EU at different times, according to the latest market report of the International Tropical Timber ...
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How will decreased consumer spending and the onset of a housing crisis impact the adhesives and sealants market? The adhesives and sealants market has� not been immune to the challenging economic conditions over the past year. ...
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The Philippines has closed about 178 sawmills, mini-sawmills and veneer or plywood plants in Northern Mindanao, Philippines after they failed to renew their licences. The crack down follows approval of Executive Order (EO) No 23, which ...
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THE Australian government should create a national plan for plantations and renew existing regional forest agreements to ensure the timber industry's future, a federal parliamentary inquiry has found. This approach should include whether ...
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The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service launched anti-dumping procedures against softwood lumber imports from Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, Canada, and the USA. Mainly concerned from a European ...
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Firstwood intends to enter into production of window and door scantlings made from thermally-modified timber. The company has therefore invested roughly m in a pilot plant at its new site in Rathenow and commissioned it in November 2011. ...
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Interbon is planning to run the two particleboard manufacturing lines at its Burgos facility alternately in the frame of the bankruptcy proceedings underway since 7 July 2011. As such, one of the lines will always stand idle while the other ...
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A new study on the effects of the mountain pine beetle infestation on the British Columbia (BC) timber industry will be published in early 2012 by Wood Markets Group. The report will draw on new information, including predictions by ...
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Softwood lumber prices on the German market were held comparatively steady until the end of November. Market players are attributing this development partly to comparatively brisk production and sales of value-added timber-construction ...
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