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NewsBeat:Daily News 10/30/2001



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FOEX NBSK price leveling off; U.S. newsprint stable ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2026&_UserReference=65283B5813773AC53BDF7DA9#story14841>...) 
Survey shows U.S. paper/forest profits down 42% in 3Q ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2026&_UserReference=65283B5813773AC53BDF7DA9#story14828>...) 
UPM-Kymmene unit Raflatac opens $50 million label stock facility in Fletcher, N.C. ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2026&_UserReference=65283B5813773AC53BDF7DA9#story14849>...) 
American Tissue officials resign ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2026&_UserReference=65283B5813773AC53BDF7DA9#story14836>...) 
Akzo Nobel invests in melamine impregnated paper facility in Brazil ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2026&_UserReference=65283B5813773AC53BDF7DA9#story14829>...) 
U.S. not buying B.C. forest changes; lumber talks stalled ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2026&_UserReference=65283B5813773AC53BDF7DA9#story14835>...) 
Picop gets timber-supply reprieve from Philippine gov't, avoids shutdown ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2026&_UserReference=65283B5813773AC53BDF7DA9#story14831>...) 
Canada commits $5.3 million to expand wood-frame housing markets in China ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2026&_UserReference=65283B5813773AC53BDF7DA9#story14852>...) 
Taliban 'profiting and prospering' from timber trade ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2026&_UserReference=65283B5813773AC53BDF7DA9#story14846>...) 
Go2Paper launches Web-based service for sale of excess paper stock ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2026&_UserReference=65283B5813773AC53BDF7DA9#story14851>...) 


FOEX NBSK price leveling off; U.S. newsprint stable

10/30/2001 08:55:19, Forestweb 


SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30, 2001 (Forestweb) --- The PIX price of northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) in Europe saw its first decrease in recent weeks, a slight drop of $0.48/tonne to $464.48/tonne, FOEX Indexes Ltd. said today....
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Survey shows U.S. paper/forest profits down 42% in 3Q

10/29/2001 18:45:33, Forestweb 


By James McLaren, Forestweb 

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29, 2001 (Forestweb) -- The U.S. forest products sector saw profits axed by 42% on average in the third quarter compared with a year ago, accordi...
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UPM-Kymmene unit Raflatac opens $50 million label stock facility in Fletcher, N.C. 

10/30/2001 09:52:14, Press Release 


FLETCHER, N.C., Oct. 29, 2001 (press release) -- Raflatac, Inc., an operating unit of Finland-based UPM-Kymmene Corporation (NYSE: UPM), today opened its first North American facility, a $50 million self-adhesive label-stock manufacturing center....
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American Tissue officials resign

10/30/2001 07:26:37, Kalamazoo Gazette 


BY Chris Knape 

Kalamazoo Gazette 

KALAMAZOO, Mich., Oct. 29, 2001 (Kalamazoo Gazette) -- The future of the former Crown Vantage paper mill in Parchment is far more precariou...
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Akzo Nobel invests in melamine impregnated paper facility in Brazil

10/30/2001 03:26:16, BW 


ARNHEM, the Netherlands, Oct. 30, 2001 (press release) -- Akzo Nobel is investing in a production facility for melamine impregnated papers in Brazil. The unit will be situated in Curitiba, the capital of the federal state of Parana. ...
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U.S. not buying B.C. forest changes; lumber talks stalled

10/30/2001 06:48:25, Vancouver Sun 


By Gordon Hamilton 

Oct. 30, 2001(Vancouver Sun) -- The Americans have not bought the B.C. government's proposed forest-policy changes as a solution to the softwood lumber dispute, Forests Ministe...
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Picop gets timber-supply reprieve from Philippine gov't, avoids shutdown

10/30/2001 06:14:43, The Philippine Star 


By Conrado M. Diaz Jr. 

Oct. 30, 2001 (The Philippines Star) -- Picop Resources, Inc. will not be shutting down by the end of the month after all. 

Vicsmarte Ubalde, Picop corporate information...
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Canada commits $5.3 million to expand wood-frame housing markets in China

10/30/2001 10:57:17, Canadian Corporate News 


OTTAWA, Oct. 30, 2001 (press release) -- The Government of Canada is helping innovative Canadian wood-products manufacturers take full advantage of trade opportunities in China. In an ongoing effort to expand the market for high-quality Canadian housing products abroad, Ralph Goodale, Minister of Natural Resources Canada, today announced that the Government of Canada is committing up to $5.3 million over the next four years to an initiative to increase the use of Canadian wood-frame construction technology and Canadian wood products in China. ...
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Taliban 'profiting and prospering' from timber trade

10/30/2001 09:22:40, New York Times 


By Jane Perlez 

QUETTA, Pakistan, Oct. 29, 2001 (N.Y. Times) - The barren, khaki-colored borderlands of Pakistan, stretching 1,500 miles along the frontier with Afghanistan, have become a crucial ...
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Go2Paper launches Web-based service for sale of excess paper stock

10/30/2001 10:41:12, BW 


Tames the Multi-Billion Dollar Excess Paper Market Gorilla 

Home Depot a customer 

OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 30, 2001 (press release) -- Go2Paper (www.go2paper.com) officially launches its We...
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