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WRI’s Hardwood Fiber Price Index fell to a 16-year low
Uppdaterad: Tuesday, 20 October, 2020Category: WoodWood raw-material costs fell for most pulp manufacturers throughout the world in the 2Q/20, reducing WRI’s two fiber price indices for the fifth consecutive quarter. The q-o-q declines for the Hardwood Fiber Price Index (HFPI) and the Softwood Fiber Price Index (SFPI) were 4.8% and 1.9%, respectively. In the 2Q/20, the HFPI Index reached its lowest level since 2004, and it was substantially below the average rate since the Index’s inception in the 1Q/1988. / WRILäs mer -
Calls of Bull with respect to Vic timber plantations
Uppdaterad: Tuesday, 20 October, 2020Category: WoodThe Victorian State Government’s announcements around timber plantations in Eastern Victoria have been described as hollow and doing nothing for security of the local industry. / TimberbizLäs mer -
International Forest Business Conference 2020
Uppdaterad: Tuesday, 20 October, 2020Category: ForestryThe main aim of the conference is to focus on discussions about timberland investments, wood industry and global forest products. Let’s create a great networking forum for forest and wood industry professionals. / International Forest Business ConferenceLäs mer -
Analysis: How big will a tree be in 9 years’ time – not big enough
Uppdaterad: Monday, 19 October, 2020Category: ForestrySomeone needs to tell the Victorian State Government how long it takes trees to grow. In fact, someone needs to really tell the Victorian State Government about trees in general. Because as has been mentioned before, it isn’t listening. / TimberbizLäs mer -
Valmet to supply an OptiConcept M container board making line to
Uppdaterad: Monday, 19 October, 2020Category: The pulp and paper industryValmet will supply a new OptiConcept M container board making line with extensive package of automation to Shanying Paper, Guangdong at its Zhaoqing mill in China. The new board making line (PM 52) will produce kraft top liner grades and expand Shanying Paper’s business to Guangdong area. / ValmetLäs mer -
Valmet to supply an extensive paper machine grade conversion rebuild to Modern Karton in Turkey
Uppdaterad: Friday, 16 October, 2020Category: The pulp and paper industryValmet will supply an extensive paper machine grade conversion rebuild and a wide scope of automation to Modern Karton Sanayii Ve Ticaret at its Tekirdağ Mill in Turkey. In the project, paper machine PM 3 which is currently producing recycled containerboard, will be rebuilt to produce high quality coated containerboard grades. The start-up of the rebuilt paper machine is scheduled for the beginning of 2022. / ValmetLäs mer -
‘The forest is a wonderful horn of plenty’
Uppdaterad: Thursday, 15 October, 2020Category: ForestryThere is not enough biomass in the world to replace all fossil raw material. Something more is needed, but biomass still holds an important role, says Esa Torniainen, a Finnish forest sector innovator and startup entrepreneur. / Finnish Forest AssociationLäs mer -
VicForests’ response to media criticism on FSC status
Uppdaterad: Wednesday, 14 October, 2020Category: WoodVicForests has responded to media criticism attacking its failure to be granted FSC status. VicForests reported last week results from an audit taken in November last year, but that was not completed because of the impacts of the coronavirus, remaining challenges arising from last summer’s bushfires and ongoing legal issues. / TimberbizLäs mer -
Metsä Board’s paperboards receive new home compostability certificates
Uppdaterad: Tuesday, 13 October, 2020Category: The pulp and paper industryMetsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, is delighted to announce that two of its folding boxboards, MetsäBoard Natural FBB and MetsäBoard Pro FBB OBAfree, as well as two food service grades, MetsäBoard Natural FSB Cup and MetsäBoard Pro FSB Cup, have now received home compostability certificates complying with NF T 51-800 standard. Metsä Board’s eco-barrier paperboard MetsäBoard Prime FBB EB already holds the same certificate. / Metsä BoardLäs mer -
Record-breaking applications for permits for final felling of montane forest
Uppdaterad: Tuesday, 13 October, 2020Category: ForestryNew statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency show that forest owners in Sweden notified a significantly larger area for final felling in September 2020 compared with September 2019. The large increase is due to the fact that forest owners have applied for logging permits over large areas of montane forest, in total 8 408 hectares. / Swedish Forest AgencyLäs mer