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Ilim Group's board of directors has approved an investment of approximately US$700 million to build a new kraft pulp mill in Bratsk (Irkutsk Oblast). The financing for the project is being arranged by the joint venture.
The project includes the construction of a modern cooking, washing and bleaching line, a new pulp drying machine, a new recovery boiler, a new bark boiler, a new woodyard and other infrastructure projects. The new pulp…... [больше...]
Shortly before the forestry and forest technology fair Interforst in Munich (July 14th to 18th) the manufacturers of forestry equipment and machines hope that the decline in sales has reached the bottom. In 2009 their industry had once again registered a sharp decline, this time 47 percent.... [больше...]
The JLR is reporting that, according to data from the Japan
Wood Export Council, the total value of exports in 2009
fell by almost 13%, the first decline in three years...... [больше...]
Demand for tropical logs from manufacturers in Japan is
increasing according to the Japan Lumber Reports (JLR)
and FOB prices are firming on the back of this renewed
buying...... [больше...]
Housing demand in China remains strong and in the first
two months of 2010 demand jumped around 40%
compared to the same period in 2009...... [больше...]
Japan’s Forestry Agency has released its wood demand
projections up to September 2010. The Agency is
forecasting an improvement in housing starts as a result of
the various stimulus measures introduced...... [больше...]
Further signs of economic recovery in Peru came recently
when February export data were released by the Ministry
of Foreign Trade and Tourism...... [больше...]