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27 environmental groups are ganging up to bury the black-liquor tax loophole and to prevent “Son of Black Liquor” from being born. They are asking the EPA not to let pulp and paper companies receive billions of government dollars for burning black liquor, a pulp byproduct. read more »
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(Canada)SFK Pulp (TSX:SFK.UN) faces higher costs that may threaten its survival as it looks to negotiate a new fibre and bark supply agreement with AbitibiBowater Inc. after losing a court bid to preserve its long-standing deal with the restructuring... read more »
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(Australia) The Tasmanian Greens today called on Attorney-General Lara Giddings to fulfil her responsibility as the primary law officer in Tasmania and investigate the legal opinion provided by University of Tasmania law lecturer Dr Michael Stokes, that the pulp mill permits are... read more »
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(USA) Media and marketing services company Valassis Communication Inc. filed a countersuit against paper manufacturer Fraser Papers LTD... read more »
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(South Korea) South Korea's anti-trust watchdog said Sunday that it has fined four Asian paper exporters a combined 4 billion won (US$3.1 million) for their involvement in price rigging. APP of Indonesia, APRIL of Singapore, AA of Thailand and UPM of China colluded in setting prices... read more »
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(Canada) Danny Williams, Newfoundland and Labrador's premier -- no stranger to battles with big business -- took on AbitibiBowater Tuesday as the province passed legislation to expropriate hydroelectric, water and timber assets belonging to newsprint giant. But AbitibiBowater hit back... read more »
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(Finland) On 29 September 2008, M-real announced the sale of its Graphic Papers business to South African Sappi Limited for EUR 750 million. The sale is subject to the approvals by the Sappi shareholders' meeting and the competition authorities, as well as the implementation... read more »
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(Finland) Metso has received regulatory approval to acquire a 75 per cent ownership in its Chinese joint venture Valmet-Xi'an Paper Machinery Co. Ltd. The value of the share transactions, which were finalized in September, is approximately EUR 5 million... read more »
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(USA) Impreso which through its subsidiaries is involved in the manufacture and distribution of paper and imaging products for commercial and home office applications has announced it settled a lawsuit filed with Asia Pulp & Paper Trading (USA), Inc... read more »
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(EU) Mondi Group, the packaging and paper manufacturer, has won European Union approval to buy two mills used to make specialty papers and films in Europe and two processing plants from Loparex Group BV. read more »
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(Canada) Workers at the Mackenzie pulp mill in northern B.C. gained renewed hope Friday that a buyer can come along this summer and buy their shut-down operation... read more »
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(Belgium/EU) The European Commission fined a group of chemicals companies 79 mn euros (122 mn dollars) on Wednesday for running an illegal cartel in the market for bleaching paper and pulp... read more »
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(Finland) European Commission has approved the sale of M-real's Reflex mill to Arjowiggins with the condition that Arjowiggins divests the Reflex carbonless and digital imaging businesses to a third party within 180 days time... read more »
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(USA) KapStone Paper and Packaging has reported that KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation ("KapStone") was notified on May 5, 2008 by the Federal Trade Commission that early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976... read more »
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(USA) Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY) has announced the early termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino review process of the company's sale of its Containerboard Packaging and Recycling business to International Paper (NYSE:IP) for $6 billion in cash... read more »
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