26.11.2010 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Russia and the European Union
struck a deal on Wednesday to phase out Russian export tariffs
on raw materials, smoothing the way for Moscow's entry into the
WTO, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said. "We have ... an agreement on a text on raw materials,"
Shuvalov told reporters...Strong numbers from Nordic wood production industry
11.11.2010 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Nordic wood industries announced figures of strong growth this year. In Norway the production of lumber in January-September 2010 grew 15 per cent compared to year 2009. The production of conifer-sawn timber grew 8 per cent in Sweden and as much as 27 per cent in Finland.Between January and...Forest investments popular in Sweden
11.11.2010 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Many older forest owners have decided to invest in forests. -It is a safe investing with a certain profit, says real-estate broker Olov Israelsson. Mr. Israelsson works as a consultant for LRF in Karlstad. LRF — The Federation of Swedish Farmers – is an interest and business organisation for...URBAN TREE: Floating Solar Mega Cubes in the Sky
08.11.2010 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The Urban Tree is a skyscraper composed of a series of "floating" cubes clustered together and sprouting from steel "stems." Designed by green architecture firm Geotectura, the futuristic building would feature greenhouse platforms at every level and be clad in photovoltaic panels all...The 3rd Guangzhou Int’l Wooden House & Wooden Structure Fair
03.11.2010 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The 3rd Guangzhou Int’l Wooden House & Wooden Structure Fair Venue: China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex Date: March 30th--April 1st ,2011 Invitations Being part of Wooden House , taking your business Global Australian Government investing in a viable forestry industry
02.11.2010 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig,
officially unveiled improvements to Australian Solar Timber’s processing
facility at Kempsey on the mid north coast of New South Wales.
The Australian Government provided $843,000 in funding to Australian
Solar...Swedish wood construction market share increases
26.10.2010 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Fifteen per cent of new multi-storey buildings in Sweden are now made of wood.Timber’s
share has increased from 2% of multi-storey buildings in 2001, while
wood’s use in sports halls and other types of halls has grown from 2% to
35-40% in the same time.Twenty per cent of bridges are...China’s hunger for wood raw-material pushes timber prices upward, increasing the importation of logs and wood chips
25.10.2010 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Continued
increases in demand for wood raw-material from sawmills, plywood plants
and pulp mills in China has pushed domestic log prices upward and many
Chinese companies are increasingly exploring the opportunities of
importing more logs and wood chips to supplement the domestic...Third national park opened in Denmark
20.10.2010 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Danish environmental minister Karen Ellemann and His Majesty Prince Joachim had reason to smile as they opened Vedehevet, now the biggest national park in Denmark. The official opening ceremony of the park took place on 16th of October.The national park covers an area of 146 000 ha which...Climate change and illegal logging could wipe out rainforest wildlife by 2100
14.10.2010 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The colourful wildlife found in tropical humid forests makes up more than half of the animal and plant species on Earth.But the first study to look into the combined effect of both global warming and deforestation found most species are in danger of extinction. The study by the Carnegie...
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