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NewsBeat:Daily News 10/17/2001



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Sept. papermaker pulp consumption jumps in Europe; stocks continue up ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1926&_UserReference=C8237C6D6B017E853BCE4829#story14436>...) 
U.S. containerboard holds positive signs despite shaky September ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1926&_UserReference=C8237C6D6B017E853BCE4829#story14424>...) 
LP to close BCTMP pulp mill in Chetwynd, B.C., until new owner found ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1926&_UserReference=C8237C6D6B017E853BCE4829#story14420>...) 
Mets?liitto pulp mill project in Latvia may fall through ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1926&_UserReference=C8237C6D6B017E853BCE4829#story14442>...) 
IMERYS to raise prices on paper grade kaolin and calcium carbonate Products ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1926&_UserReference=C8237C6D6B017E853BCE4829#story14451>...) 
Western-region demand for whole-log chips continues to wane ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1926&_UserReference=C8237C6D6B017E853BCE4829#story14414>...) 
Ford apologizes for anti-wood ads, agrees to run pro-wood messages ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1926&_UserReference=C8237C6D6B017E853BCE4829#story14461>...) 
LP schedules rolling two-weeks of market-related downtime at most lumber mills ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1926&_UserReference=C8237C6D6B017E853BCE4829#story14418>...) 
Oregon: hardwood plywood maker States Industries cuts 55 jobs at Eugene veneer plant ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1926&_UserReference=C8237C6D6B017E853BCE4829#story14409>...) 
September housing starts are up but permits drop compared to August and year ago ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1926&_UserReference=C8237C6D6B017E853BCE4829#story14427>...) 


Sept. papermaker pulp consumption jumps in Europe; stocks continue up

10/17/2001 12:36:40, Forestweb 


By Diane Keaton 

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17, 2001 (Forestweb) -- European chemical paper-grade market pulp users' consumption increased by 16.3% to 1,083,582 tonnes and stocks increased by 1.2% ...
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U.S. containerboard holds positive signs despite shaky September

10/17/2001 10:04:13, Forestweb 


By James McLaren 

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17, 2001 (Forestweb) - The corrugated container market in the U.S. remained mixed in September, as box shipments went down slightly year-over-year, and inve...
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LP to close BCTMP pulp mill in Chetwynd, B.C., until new owner found

10/17/2001 09:00:52, BW 


CHETWYND, B.C., Oct. 17, 2001 (Business Wire/press release) -- Louisiana-Pacific Canada Ltd. today announced that it will indefinitely close its hardwood bleached-chemi-thermo-mechanical pulp (BCTMP) mill in Chetwynd, British Columbia. ...
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Mets?liitto pulp mill project in Latvia may fall through

10/17/2001 13:14:07, Helsingin Sanomat 


Oct. 17, 2001 (Helsingin Sanomat) -- A large new pulp mill that has been planned in Latvia will not be allowed to fell trees in forests owned by the Latvian state, says Latvian Minister of Agriculture Atis Slakteris. His announcement means that the project, a joint undertaking of Finnish forest company Mets?liitto, Swedish forest company S?dra, and the Latvian state, may not be realised. The project would cost over FIM 5,000 million. [US$760 million]. The Latvian state is prepared to provide guarantees for the supply of raw materials, but Mets?liitto is not satisfied with these guarantees. ...
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IMERYS to raise prices on paper grade kaolin and calcium carbonate Products

10/17/2001 13:51:15, BW 


ATLANTA, Oct. 17, 2001 (press release) -- The Americas Paper Division of IMERYS Pigments and Additives announced today that it will implement price increases on all paper grade kaolins and calcium carbonate products effective January 1, 2002. ...
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Western-region demand for whole-log chips continues to wane

10/17/2001 07:40:55, Forestweb 


By Linda K. Barr 

PORT ORCHARD, Wash., Oct. 17, 2001 (Forestweb) -- Wood fiber consumption at the 22 pulp mills in the western region of the U.S. is down 13 percent this year (through September...
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Ford apologizes for anti-wood ads, agrees to run pro-wood messages

10/17/2001 15:16:32, Forestweb 


By Kathy Porter 

ATLANTA, Oct. 17, 2001 (Forestweb) -- Ford Motor Co. has responded to criticism from the wood-products industry, which has decried the automaker's placement of anti-wood messages ...
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LP schedules rolling two-weeks of market-related downtime at most lumber mills

10/17/2001 08:33:02, BW 


PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 17, 2001 (Business Wire/press release) -- Louisiana-Pacific Corp. today announced that the company will be taking market-related downtime at most of its North American lumber facilities. ...
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Oregon: hardwood plywood maker States Industries cuts 55 jobs at Eugene veneer plant

10/17/2001 04:37:28, The Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.) 


By Joe Harwood EUEGENE, Ore., Oct. 16, 2001 (The Register-Guard) -- States Industries Inc., a maker of specialty plywood, has shed 55 jobs, or about 14 percent of its Eugene work force, blaming a slowdown in orders for its products....
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September housing starts are up but permits drop compared to August and year ago

10/17/2001 10:22:18, Press Reports 


Oct. 17, 2001 (Forestweb and press reports) -- Permits for new U.S. housing units fell 3 percent from August (-2% from a year ago) while actual new housing starts increased 2 percent from August (+4% from a year ago)in September. ...
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