2010-03-11 | Handelsbanken Nordic Basic Industry Seminar
Handelsbanken Nordic Basic Industry Seminar
Speaker: Jan Johansson, President and CEO SCA
Södra has purchased six ENERCON E-82 wind turbines through its subsidiary Södra Vind AB. The turbines are to be constructed at Södra Cell’s Mönsterås pulp mill. Read more
The major cost items for many pulp companies are electricity and raw materials. Refineries that convert wood chips into paper pulp are large consumers of electricity since it is a complex process to separate the wood fibers. The spot price during February 2010 was almost 100% higher than the corresponding period in 2009. Price trends in daily average in the Nordic countries and Germany during the peaked with over 500 Euro / Mvh. Read more
The main focus in this thesis is on describing and solving new challenges that globalization presents for the Finnish forest industry. Some of the findings of this thesis can be highlighted to construct a mental map of the impact of the globalizing forest industry on the provisioning of ecosystems services.
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If the stevedore strike continues the paper manufacturer M-real will manage three to seven days before the company will consider closing one plant. Read more
Read more about Marks & Spencer long term eco and ethical plan. The plan A describes how the company plan to ensure that key raw materials come from the most sustainable source possible and make the company carbon neutral. Read more
M-real increases the prices for all its one side coated, cast coated and uncoated label, board and flexible packaging papers produced in Simpele mill in Finland and in M-real Zanders mills Gohrsmühle and Reflex in Germany. The price increase is up to 10 per cent and it will come into effect on 1 April 2010. The increase is mainly driven by continuous increases in raw material and logistics costs.
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All production at Norske Skog Bio Bio mill in Concepción, Chile has stopped after the massive earthquake that registered 8.8 on the Richter scale on 27 February 2010. Based on the preliminary reports on damage to the mill’s site and equipment it will take some time to restart production at the mill. Detailed reports on the condition of the mill are currently not available. Read more
A Europe wide study, led by Jan Bengtsson at SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) showed that fungicides and insecticides still had major negative effects on wild plant and animal species on arable farms. Since the early nineties the EU has implemented policies to reduce the dramatic negative effects of the use of pesticides on farmland. A Europe wide study showed that insecticides and fungicides still had major negative effects on wild plant and animal species on arable farms. Read more
Interest rates in Sweden and abroad have been relatively low thanks cash injections from central banks. Danske Bank Sweden Economist Roger Josefsson predicts in a newsletters for Q1 2010th that the Swedish crown will strengthen against both the EUR USD. He believes the crown will be strengthened to 9.60 against the EUR and, more marginally to 6.86 against the USD in 12 months. You also have to expect higher interest rates later in 2010. Read more
