The Forest Owners Association "Mellanskog" wants better price for pulpwood and threatens to burn up the pulpwood. Otherwise, they threaten to sell forest to chip production to be used in thermal power stations. Read more
Generally improved volumes and market prices helped to ensure a strong result for the first six months of 2010. Operating profit increased to SEK 1,084 million (9) and return on capital employed amounted to 21 per cent (0). Read more
Strong Q2 interim report from SCA
Forest and hygiene group SCA's pre-tax profit excluding non-recurring items was 2.196 billion SEK in the second quarter (2010). This was 25% better than what analysts predicted according to SME Direkt.
The corresponding period in 2009 profits were 1.575 billion SEK. The Shares in SCA were up 9% and +7.45% at the end of the day.
The tissue segment, which accounts for one third of the revenue was very successful. Operating margin of 7.9% (6.3 expected by analysts) which is a level that are expected to persist in the third quarter. The long term forecast 2011 is operating margin of 10% for the tissue business. Read more
Summer is a time when many mills shut down to perform annual plant maintenance. With lumber prices and housing starts at current levels, mills might have considered additional time off to tighten lumber supplies a bit. Pulp-production needs outweighing the need to limit lumber production so plants are coming back on line.
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Team from Sweden's Blekinge Institute of Technology Wins Net Impact, International Paper and Staples Competition. Net Impact announced the winner for a case competition with International Paper and Staples, Inc. the world's largest office products company. After a competitive application process, three finalist teams created strategic plans for recovering more paper and packaging from underserved markets, including large, multi-tenant locations, company campuses and universities. Read more
The first global assessment of mangroves in over a decade reveals that rare and critically important mangrove forests continue to be lost at a rate three to four times higher than land-based global forests, despite positive restoration efforts by some countries. About one fifth of all mangroves are thought to have been lost since 1980. Although losses are slowing at 0.7 per cent a year, the authors warn that any further destruction due to shrimp farming and coastal development will cause significant economic and ecological decline.
Economic assessments provide some of the most powerful arguments in favour of mangrove management, protection or restoration. Studies estimate that mangroves generate between US$2000-9000 per hectare annually, considerably more than alternative uses such as aquaculture, agriculture or insensitive tourism.
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Higher prices for timber means that many forest owners choose to sell forest. The number of notifications of deforestation to the Swedish Forest Agency in June was record high reports the newspaper Göteborgsposten. In the month of June took the Swedish Forest Agency reported on the excavation of 40 000 hectares of forest in Sweden. For southern Sweden (Götaland),it was appoximately 13 000 hectares.
- Except for removals that occurred after the storm Gudrun, we have never had a similar month of June, says Hasse Bengtsson, district manager of Swedish Forest Agency for Kronoberg County to the newspaper.
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With consumers increasingly turning to online sources for product information, many leading brands are engaging with bloggers to review and cover their products. As a way to celebrate the growing group of influential bloggers Avery Dennison is sponsoring the 2010 Avery SocialLuxe Lounge, an independent preconference party held the night before BlogHer '10. Read more
Commodity
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April 2010
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May 2010 |
June 2010 |
Difference Apr-June |
Difference May-June |
| Forest products |
10,436 |
10,052 |
9,987 |
-449 |
-65 |
| Primary forest products |
1,810 |
1,646 |
1,603 |
-207 |
-43 |
| Lumber & wood products |
3,037 |
2,837 |
2,511 |
-526 |
-326 |
| Pulp & paper products |
5,589 |
5,569 |
5,873 |
285 |
304 |
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Gross Domestic Prod. up 2.7% in Q1 2010 (third estimate released June 25).
Source: Rail Time Indicators
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International Paper (NYSE: IP) today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.125 per share for the period from July 1, 2010, to September 30, 2010, inclusive, on its common stock, par value $1. This dividend is payable on September 15, 2010, to holders of record at the close of business on August 16, 2010. Read more
