09.09.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
<p><a href="http://video.news.com.au/2113355743/Welcome-to-Manland">VIDEO: Welcome to Manland</a></p>Now IKEA has taken the concept one step further by creating a
“crèche” for retail-weary men, complete with Xbox consoles,...Ukraine: Timber prices to be “civilized”
06.09.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Promises of new raw material price formation to woodworkers and of stable furniture prices to consumers by end of year.Ukrainian buyers of timber are in for a new system of initial price formation at open auctions, State Forest Agency Chairman Viktor Sivets announced after a meeting with...No shortage of wood in Ukraine
19.08.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Sivets attributes this to the fact that specialized enterprises are technologically unable to process the proposed amount of wood, as they need substantial retooling There is no wood deficit in Ukraine. The domestic forestry meets full production requirements of woodworking enterprises,...Law on strengthening accountability for pollution of forests came into force
10.08.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The law to strengthen liability for contamination of forests was enacted in Ukraine.
The law amended articles on
administrative violations, according to which fines increase for
littering and damaging forests, namely: the penalty will be imposed on
citizens in the amount of from 10 to...Ilim helps form Russian trade group in Germany
03.08.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Leading Russian-based sawn timer producer Ilim Timber is one of the founders of a new group to promote Russian trade in Germany.Ilim
joined other leading Russian companies, including steel producer
Severstal, in Berlin to form the Council of the Russian Economy.Ilim Timber operates two...Tropical hardwood plywood prices at record levels
18.07.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
CIF Europe prices for South East Asian and Chinese hardwood plywood increased dramatically in the second quarter of 2011 in response to tight supplies, rising production costs, currency movements and firm demand in Asia.Prices have continued to rise for July and August shipment. Prices for...Commodity prices fall for first time in 10 months
12.07.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
New Zealand commodity prices slipped for the first time since August
last year, ending the run of golden weather for locally produced raw
material, other than wool, which remains on a tear.
The ANZ Commodity Price Index slipped 1.2 per cent to 308.5 last month
from a...Taxes will rise since 2012
04.07.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The Government is planning to increase taxes
since 2012.In particular, the rates are to grow by 8.9-9% for the first
registration of the vehicle. It is planned to increase by 8.9% tax rates
on land plots,the environmental tax, and fee for the use of the radio
frequency resource.
The...Ukraine: Anti-corruption law takes effect
04.07.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The law on the principles of preventing and combating corruption in Ukraine, signed by the President on June 2, has taken effect.Since July 1, officials are prohibited from accepting gifts oftener than twice a year, and only as an expression of hospitality. The price of a gift cannot exceed...Russian forest fires could be even worse this year
21.06.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
A devastating wave of wildfires across Russia could ravage millions of
acres of forests and cause worse damage than last year's catastrophic
blazes, environmentalists and officials said Thursday.
"We're burning, burning badly," Greenpeace's forestry expert,
Alexey...Appeal to the Ministry of Environment Environmental NGOs
14.06.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Due to the high fire danger caused by prolonged heat, and to prevent fires, the Ministry encourages environmental organization actively involved in carrying out explanatory work among the population to visit the forest fire dangerous in regions of entry cars to forests and parking along the...Area of forest fires in Siberia almost doubles over past day
08.06.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The area of forest fires in Siberia almost doubled over the past day. If on Friday morning, there were 26 outbreaks on 250.7 hectares, by Saturday morning, the number rose to 37, and the area enlarged to 486 hectares.Nine of the outbreaks on 123.5 hectares are localized, the Russian...Penalty for forest pollution up
30.05.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The Verkhovna Rada amended the Code of Ukraine
on administrative violations, providing for an increase of a fine for
the forest pollution to 50 personal exemptions.
The penalty amount will be
imposed on citizens to the amount from 10 to 30 personal exemptions, and
on officials — from...Forest fires rage in Russia's Far East, Siberia
24.05.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Fires are spreading fast across vast Siberian forests in a reminder of last year's worst drought on record which killed dozens of people and forced Russia to suspend grain exports.The Emergency Ministry said on Sunday on its web site www.mchs.gov.ru that around 100,000 hectares of forestry...Ukraine will study possibility of growing biomass for energy in Chornobyl exclusion zone
17.05.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The State Agency for management of the
exclusion zone jointly with Wageningen University and Research Centre
(the Netherlands) and Belgian-Ukrainian enterprise for growing and using
the biomass PhytoFuels Investments are planning to jointly carry out
studies on advisability of growing...Õ²V International exhibition “WOODPROCESSING — 2011”
16.05.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
WORK PROGRAM Õ²V International exhibition “WOODPROCESSING — 2011” May 16, Monday11.00 –20.00 Arrival and registration of the exhibition participants, accommodation, exhibition stands constructionMay 17, Tuesday09.30 Registration10.00-16.30 International scientific...Russian log and lumber exports increased substantially in 1Q/11 thanks to higher wood demand in China, Finland and Japan
12.05.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The world’s largest log exporter, Russia, increased the shipments of logs in the 1Q/11 after having declined for four years, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Russian exports of softwood lumber have also gone up substantially, especially to China, Uzbekistan, Japan and Egypt. Seattle...Ukraine's biomass exports rise 63%
22.03.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
In the Ukraine solid biofuel exports are up 63.5% compared to 2009 figures.According to data released by Fuel Alternative, a renewable energy
and clean technology consulting firm, the exportation of biomass,
including pellets and briquettes from wood, sunflower husks and grain
straw...Turkish group invests in furniture business in Russia, Ukraine
15.03.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Boydak Holding, a Turkish group involved in several businesses, has
acquired a Russian and a Ukrainian plant for $20 million to boost its
furniture business.
They are the Kayseri-based group’s first furniture production
investments abroad and occurred through Boydak subsidiary Boydak...Forest museum to open in Rivne region
24.02.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
An open-air museum, whose establishment began
in Kostopil district, will present flora and fauna of Rivne region.20
hectares of land was allocated by the local forestry for arranging
so-called natural exposures in the form of tracts, nurseries and
plantations.
Specialists here will...Ukrainian parliament to increase fine for forest pollution
08.02.2011 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, intends to increase fines for causing damage and pollution of forests.A total of 344 MPs passed the draft law amending a provision on liability for the pollution of forests of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences.In particular, according to...
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