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Wednesday, 02 February 2011 11:00
Metso supplies pulp mill equipment for Eldorado Celulose e Papel in Brazil
Metso will supply a new recovery boiler and evaporation plant for Eldorado Celulose e Papel S.A.’s new greenfield pulp mill investment in Três Lagoas, Brazil. The value of the order is not disclosed. The order will be included in Energy…
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Monday, 24 January 2011 09:29
AkzoNobel invests €90m in growth strategy to supply world’s largest pulp mill
AkzoNobel has signaled its strategic intent to accelerate growth by investing close to €90 million in a new facility being built in Brazil. The plant, operated by the company’s Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals, will supply the world’s…
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Friday, 21 January 2011 10:23
ANDRITZ receives major order for supplies to Eldorado pulp mill, Brazil
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Eldorado Papel e Celulose Ltda. (Eldorado Brasil) to supply a complete fiberline and other major equipment for the new pulp mill in Três Lagoas, Brazil. Start-up is scheduled for the third…
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Friday, 21 January 2011 10:05
UPM's forestal oriental increases land ownership in Uruguay
In order to improve wood procurement options and to support self-sufficiency in wood supply to Fray Bentos pulp mill, UPM's plantation company Forestal Oriental has acquired about 25,000 hectares of land in Uruguay from a private land owner. The purchase…
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Thursday, 20 January 2011 14:00
Metso-supplied tissue making line starts up in Mexico
The Metso-supplied tissue making line of SCA in Mexico came successfully on stream on November 15, 2010, at SCA’s greenfield mill site in Ciudad Sahagún, Hidalgo State, close to Mexico City. The new PM 1 line has an annual production…
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Tuesday, 18 January 2011 14:21
Stora Enso and Arauco joint venture Montes del Plata invests USD 1.9 billion in building state-of-the-art 1.3 million tonnes per year pulp mill at Punta Pereira, Uruguay
Stora Enso’s and Arauco’s joint-venture company Montes del Plata will build a new state-of-the-art 1.3 million tonnes per year pulp mill at Punta Pereira, in the department of Colonia, Uruguay. The total investment is estimated to be approximately USD 1.9…
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Monday, 17 January 2011 12:30
Ahlstrom's Louveira plant in Brazil hit by thunderstorm flooding
Ahlstrom's Louveira plant in Brazil was hit by a thunderstorm and flooded. Production at the site has been stopped. There were no injuries to Ahlstrom staff or other people at the site. The Louveira plant is located approximately 100 kilometers…
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Thursday, 13 January 2011 09:51
Pöyry awarded EUR 8.4 million pulp mill engineering contract in Brazil
Pöyry's Industry Business Group has been awarded a basic and detailed engineering contract by Eldorado Celulose e Papel Ltda for the Balance of Plant(BOP) of the 1.5 million t/a bleached eucalyptus market pulp mill to be built in Mato Grosso…
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Tuesday, 28 December 2010 11:00
Three new national standards approved by FSC
FSC is pleased to announce the formal approval of the national standards for Cameroon, Mexico and Brazil. Each of these standards was produced as part of the Global Environment Fund Small and Low Intensity Managed Forest Project (GEF SLIMF Project).…
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Monday, 13 December 2010 11:30
Kemira and VTT to open a joint research and development center in Brazil
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Kemira Oyj are opening a new joint R&D center in São Paulo, Brazil. The research and development center will focus primarily on water chemistry and biomass utilisation applications. The center will start operations…
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Wednesday, 10 November 2010 08:43
Fibria elected the most admired pulp and paper company in Brazil
For the second consecutive year, Fibria ranked first place in the Pulp and Paper industry in the survey "Most Admired Companies in Brazil", sponsored by CartaCapital magazine in partnership with Officina Sophia Consultants. The survey was carried out with about…
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Monday, 18 October 2010 13:00
Maintenance shutdown omgoing at Fray Bentos Pulp Mill.
An extensive maintenance shutdown is in progress at UPM's Fray Bentos pulp mill. The preparations for the shutdown started already on 13 October 2010. The mill is to be restarted as previously estimated on 10 November 2010. The shutdown was…
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Thursday, 30 September 2010 14:00
Export revenues back to near pre-crisis levels
As economic activity picked up and world consumption rebounded, the pulp and paper industry ended the first five months of the year posting 45.7% growth of export revenues, according to the Brazilian Pulp and Paper Association (Bracelpa). Traditional markets such…
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 08:00
Metso to perform service to earthquake damaged boiler for Arauco, Chile
Metso will perform service and restoration of one recovery boiler at Arauco pulp mill for Celulosa Arauco y Constitucíon S. A. The boiler was damaged during the earthquake eruption in Chile in February 2010. The total value of the order…
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 07:28
PEFC TECHNICAL NEWS: Brazil Adds Standard for Native Forests
Cerflor, the Brazilian Forest Certification Programme, has submitted its revised system, which includes the forest management standards for native forests as well as for planted forests, for PEFC endorsement. Stakeholders globally are invited to comment on the national scheme by…
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