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NewsBeat:Daily News 11/15/2001



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Economists say recessionary period to be 'short, shallow' ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2109&_UserReference=EA6D2E1AA0D2B1373BF4899C#story15389>...) 
Lumber cutbacks, softwood dispute seen as painful necessities ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2109&_UserReference=EA6D2E1AA0D2B1373BF4899C#story15395>...) 
Nexfor taking 1 week of downtime at each of 3 U.S. OSB plants without layoffs ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2109&_UserReference=EA6D2E1AA0D2B1373BF4899C#story15379>...) 
IP reports 3Q lumber, panel volumes higher, prices lower, stumpage dropping ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2109&_UserReference=EA6D2E1AA0D2B1373BF4899C#story15377>...) 
Canadian pulpwood consumption down; inventory up 9.5% in August ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2109&_UserReference=EA6D2E1AA0D2B1373BF4899C#story15376>...) 
BIR Report, Part 1: 2000 world production of paper and board down, pulp up ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2109&_UserReference=EA6D2E1AA0D2B1373BF4899C#story15391>...) 
BIR Report, Part 2: World recovered paper use increases by 7.6% in 2000 ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2109&_UserReference=EA6D2E1AA0D2B1373BF4899C#story15392>...) 
Kiani Kertas rebuilds bleach plant; output improves following losses ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2109&_UserReference=EA6D2E1AA0D2B1373BF4899C#story15393>...) 


Economists say recessionary period to be 'short, shallow'

11/15/2001 16:25:32, Press Release 


WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 15, 2001 (press release)- The economy is now heading into what is projected to be a mild, brief recessionary period that will be followed by a rebound in the second quarter of 2002, said economists at the Semiannual Construction Forecast Conference held by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) yesterday....
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Lumber cutbacks, softwood dispute seen as painful necessities

11/15/2001 19:36:23, Forestweb 


By Linda K. Barr, Forestweb 

PORT ORCHARD, Wash., Nov. 15, 2001 (Forestweb) - Current 'market conditions' and 'softwood-dispute uncertainty' are driving wood production to lower levels. Unfortu...
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Nexfor taking 1 week of downtime at each of 3 U.S. OSB plants without layoffs

11/15/2001 10:59:14, Forestweb 


TORONTO, Nov. 15, 2001 (Forestweb) - Nexfor Inc. said today it will take one-week of market-related production curtailments at each of three of its North American oriented strand board operations in the United States, between November 25 and mid-December....
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IP reports 3Q lumber, panel volumes higher, prices lower, stumpage dropping

11/15/2001 09:55:15, Forestweb 


Editor's note: International Paper's consolidated results of operations include Champion International Corporation (Champion) from the date of acquisition, June 20, 2000. Also, during the third quarter of 2001, International Paper completed the previously announced divestitures of Masonite Corporation to Premdor Inc. of Toronto, Canada for approximately $300 million in cash and a note receivable with a face value of $108 million...
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Canadian pulpwood consumption down; inventory up 9.5% in August

11/15/2001 08:50:06, Press Release 


OTTAWA, Nov. 15, 2001 (press release) -- Satistics Canada today released its monthly summary for its report on pulpwood and wood residue statistics for August 2001 

Pulpwood receipts totalled ...
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BIR Report, Part 1: 2000 world production of paper and board down, pulp up

11/15/2001 17:13:07, Press Release 


Editor's Note: This is the first section of a special BIR report posted in two sections by Forestweb today. The first section discusses paper/board and pulp production and consumption, and the sec...
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BIR Report, Part 2: World recovered paper use increases by 7.6% in 2000

11/15/2001 17:23:13, Press Release 


Editor's Note: This is the second section of a special BIR report posted in two sections by Forestweb today. The first section discusses paper/board and pulp production and consumption, and th...
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Kiani Kertas rebuilds bleach plant; output improves following losses

11/15/2001 17:29:58, Forestweb 


SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2001 (Forestweb) - PT Kiani Kertas in Indonesia has competed a scheduled bleach plant rebuild and is now running at a rate of 1,200 tonnes per day, a company source said. ...
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