| U.S.-Canadian timber deal sought 21.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 356 views Weyerhaeuser Co. is asking the United States to end duties on Canadian softwood lumber imports, asking Canada to levy a new export tax — and asking the two sides to work with timber companies in negotiating an end to their decades-old lumber dispute.
At a news conference in New York City,...
Sting's forest lobby attacks 'green' timber trade21.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 347 views The Rainforest Foundation, which was set up by Sting and his wife, Trudi Styler, fell foul of other environmental groups yesterday by declaring that a scheme to promote ecologically sound timber was deceiving consumers.
The foundation claimed in a report that the Forest Stewardship Council...
Environmentalists, unions challenge B.C. raw log export program21.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 335 views Environmentalists have teamed up with two forestry unions in a legal bid to stop the export of raw logs from B.C. Crown lands.
The Sierra Legal Defence Fund argues a three-year permit to export 1.3 million cubic metres of timber annually from northwestern British Columbia should never...
Ilim Restructuring21.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 398 views ST. PETERSBURG (Prime-Tass) -— St. Petersburg-based timber holding Ilim Pulp Enterprise plans to present completed reorganization plans to shareholders by April 2003, the holding's chief managing director, Mikhail Moshaishvili, said Wednesday.
The reorganization, uniting all the holding's...
Small furniture firms battle to keep doors open 18.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 377 views Three more companies post liquidation notices in an industry that is seeing falling sales amid the economic downturn
Small furniture firms battle to keep doors open
Three more companies post liquidation notices in an industry that is seeing falling sales amid the economic downturn...
DREMA 2002: International Trade Fair of Woodworking Machines and Tools 18.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 429 views A comprehensive offer of goods necessary to furnish a house or a flat was presented at the MEBLE, KUCHNIA and DOMEXPO fairs held on the Poznaс International Fair grounds on 7 — 10 May 2002. The International Trade Fair of Woodworking Machines and Tools DREMA was held simultaneously. In total...
Chinese visits `crucial15.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 293 views
Foundations of a potential billion-dollar industry will be laid this month with the arrival in New Zealand of two high-level delegations from China. With its recent rise to the World Trade Organiation after two decades of economic reforms, China is experiencing rapid development which...
Croatia certifies all 2 million hectares of state-owned forests 15.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 309 views Zaghreb, Croatia — Croatia now has one of the largest Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified forests in Europe. It is the third after the UK and Estonia to certify all its state-owned forests, amounting to 2 million hectares and accounting for 80 per cent of the country’s forested area....
Illegal Settlers On Timber Estates Defiant13.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 302 views KILLIAN Mupingo, the provincial administrator for Manicaland, said last Friday that the government was facing serious difficulties in evicting some of the illegal settlers on estates belonging to Border Timbers Limited (BTL) and the Forestry Company of Zimbabwe (FCZ) in Chimanimani.
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Vlahovic opens 40th furniture fair 13.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 356 views Serbian Minister of Economy and Privatisation Aleksandar Vlahovic opened the 40th International Fair of Furniture, Equipment and Interior Decoration, which will gather more than 400 exhibitors, including 100 foreign exhibitors. Vlahovic said that this is one of the four largest fairs in...
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