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Lawsuit for Failure to Control Air Pollution From Pulp Mills

July 22, 2010 by timbercommunity

Today Californians for Alternatives to Toxics and the Center for Biological Diversity officially notified the Environmental Protection Agency of their intent to sue the agency in 60 days for its failure to review and update Clean Air Act rules, called New Source Performance Standards, for kraft pulp mills. Kraft pulp mills dissolve wood chips into fibers later used to make paper products. Read more

Sound and light reveals softwood pulp

May 25, 2010 by timbercommunity

Pulp with right properties is crucial for quality paper production. A combination of light and ultrasound can provide new opportunities to control quality of pulp reports processnet.se. Today exist several different techniques for analysis of pulp, but this new measurement technique developed at Lulea University of Technology, LTU, will help pulp industry to get even more detailed control of the process.

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The strong pulp market has pushed wood fiber costs upward in most regions around the world the past 12 months. Both the softwood and hardwood wood fiber price indices (SFPI and HFPI) have gone up the past year and were more than 11 percent, reports WRQ

May 24, 2010 by timber09

Wood fiber costs for the global pulp industry have been in an upswing the past year and are currently at their highest levels since the beginning of the financial crises in late 2008. The cost of wood accounts for about 55 percent of the total production costs when manufacturing pulp, so it is the one cost component that often decides a pulp mills competitive advantage in the global market place. Read more

Latest forest logistic statistics April 2010

May 12, 2010 by timbercommunity

Forest logistic statistics for the USA and Canada for April 2010. The American economy added 290,000 jobs in April. The trend for lumber and primary forest producs is rising from very low levels but pulp and paper sector is very close to last year shows April statistics published by the Association of American Railroads.


 
 
 


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Smarter pulp process saves electricity

May 10, 2010 by timbercommunity

Manufacturer of mechanical pulp can save both energy and money to adjust the process of chipping the logs shows a doctor thesis by Lisbeth Hellström at Mid Sweden University. Energy consumption can be reduced by up to twenty percent. Swedish paper industry consumes 5-6 terawatt hours of electricity per year to produce mechanical pulp which make it possible to save approx. one terawatt hours of electricity by adjusting the process of mechanical pulp in Sweden. Read more

Södra announces 20 dollar price increase for pulp from June 2010

May 7, 2010 by timbercommunity

Södra has announced an increase of USD 20 per tonne for softwood pulp in Europe. The new price, valid from 1 June, will be USD 980 per tonne.

Strong forest industry in Sweden according to a new business survey

April 29, 2010 by timbercommunity

There is a major growth in orders received and production volume in manufacturing companies for the first quarter 2010 according to Swedish National Institute of Economi Research (konjunkturinstitutet). New orders have increased significantly in this quarter from both domestic and export markets. Growth has been strongest for the forestry, steel, metal products, machinery and motor vehicles industries. Read more

Residues from pulp production becomes fishmeal

April 22, 2010 by timbercommunity

New environmentally friendly feed ingredients for farmed fish is a high priority research in Europe. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) kicks off a unique new project to cultivate fish (trout reared) with feed produced from the waste from pulp production. Read more

Södra announces 30 dollar price increase for pulp

April 11, 2010 by timbercommunity

Pressrelease: 2010-04-09

Södra is raising the price of its softwood pulps by USD 30 per tonne to USD 960 per tonne. The price increase is effective from 1 May 2010.
“Södra’s deliveries of pulp are at a high level and stocks are very low. Our outlook for the second quarter is a strong market”, said Ulf Edman, president of Södra Cell International.
 

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Strong order growth in Swedish pulp and sawmills

March 24, 2010 by timbercommunity

Strong order growth among Swedish export market  according to a survey between March 1 and March 19 by  economic institute (Konjunturinstitutet). The business survey among production companies with confidence indicator consist of questions like production volume, orders in domestic and export market, the total order books, number of employees, inventories, sales price. Read more