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2010-02-16 |
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India: Ballarpur makes USD 200 mn bid for
Malaysian paper major |
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Ballarpur Industries has bid close to
USD 200 million for Malaysia's largest paper manufacturer, GS Paper
& Packaging Group (GSPP). GSPP is a major player in the container
board segment of the Malaysian paper market. |
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The Economic Times |
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2010-01-28 |
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South Africa: Sappi surprises investors |
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Sappi has posted a healthy increase in
sales and operating profit in the quarter to end-December. According
to CEO Ralph Boëttger, demand for Sappi's major products continued
to improve, the exception being coated mechanical paper. |
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Fin24.com |
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2009-11-18 |
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India: Cheap paper imports from China hurting
forestry sector |
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A sudden rise in import of wood-based
products like paper and paperboard from China and Indonesia is
hitting India’s agro-forestry sector. As India is among world's
fastest growing paper markets, domestic paper industry is also
worried that the rich raw material base of the country will become
vulnerable if imports are not curbed. |
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The Financial Express |
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2009-09-28 |
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Indonesian producers overwhelmed by boom in
global orders |
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The Indonesian pulp industry is set to
rebound from the global economic downturn as international orders
have started to pile up with domestic pulp producers. According to
the Indonesian Pulp and Paper Association (APKI), foreign orders now
amount to more than 2.5 million tons of pulp this year — more than
half of the country’s annual production capacity of 4.5 million tons. |
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The Jakarta Post |
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2009-09-27 |
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India: To boost exports, domestic companies go in for
forest certification |
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As international buyers insist on the
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification as a necessary
prerequisite to place orders, more and more domestic companies are
going in for the qualification to help increase their exports.
Forest certification is a mechanism for forest monitoring, tracing
and labelling timber, wood and pulp products, besides non-timber
forest products where the quality of management is judged against a
series of agreed standards. |
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The Hindu Business Line |
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2009-07-13 |
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Russian timber backlog at Finnish border |
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Russian wood supply organisations have
felled and stored an estimated 6-10 million cubic metres of timber
near the Finnish border, in hopes that Finnish wood processing
companies would continue to buy Russian wood, after Russia decided
to cancel the latest hike in its export tariffs on raw timber. |
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YLE.fi |
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2009-05-27 |
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Indonesia: Paper industry flourishes in first
quarter |
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Strong demand, in part boosted by the
recent general elections, helped propel Indonesia’s paper and
printing materials industry to grow 10.16 percent in the first
quarter from a quarter earlier, the fastest quarterly growth since
the financial crisis in the late 1990s, reflecting a surprisingly
good economic environment. |
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The Jakarta Post |
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2009-03-31 |
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Czech paper, cardboard production down by 10%
in 2008 |
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Paper and cardboard output in the
Czech Republic declined by 10 percent year-on-year to 924,000 tonnes
in 2008, while in the previous ten years it had been growing,
according to the Czech Pulp and Paper Industry. The fall was mainly
caused by the wind-up of the paper mill in Steti, north Bohemia,
last May and the closure of the paper mill in Bela pod Bezdezem,
central Bohemia, in the autumn. |
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Prague Daily Monitor |
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2009-03-26 |
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India: Paper industry seeks anti-dumping duty
and land for plantations |
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Despite witnessing healthy growth rate
during last decade, Indian paper industry faces huge challenges from
dumping of cheap paper products from China and Indonesia and
availability of land for pulp wood plantations over next few years.
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The Financial Express |
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2009-03-06 |
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Indonesia: South Korean firm inks USD 500m
pulp deal |
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South Korea’s
Korindo Group is planning to invest USD 500 million in a factory on
Kalimantan Island, with the capacity to process 600,000 tons of pulp
annually for particle board and paper. The factory will use acacia
mangium and eucalyptus as raw materials. |
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Jakarta Globe |
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2009-02-07 |
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India: Paper mills may be allowed to develop
wasteland |
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The Indian paper industry is
handicapped by raw material constraints because paper manufacturers
are not allowed to hold large tracts of land to raise plantations
for pulpwood |
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The Hindu Business Line |
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2009-02-03 |
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South Africa: World slowdown takes toll on
Sappi |
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Paper and pulp
producer Sappi yesterday reported a decline in operating profit in
the December quarter, blaming the fall on plummeting global demand
and a slump in prices. |
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BusinessDay |
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2009-01-22 |
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Latin America: Sawlog and pulpwood market |
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Eucalyptus prices in Brazil have doubled in four years ― Declining
pulpwood prices in Chile and much uncertainty ahead in 2009 ―
Uruguay is expanding both wood chip exports and pulp manufacturing. |
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FORDAQ |
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2009-01-09 |
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Indian paper industry fastest growing in the
world |
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The Indian paper industry accounts for
about 1.6% of the world's production of paper and paperboard. The
pulp and paper industry will grow at an estimated CAGR of 7-8% over
the next decade. The installed capacity in the country is also
slated to grow to 11.2 million tonne per annum by 2010 from the
current level of 9 million tonne. |
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The Economic Times |