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- Old pulp and paper mills, golf and shopping
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James McLaren, Senior Editor, PPI Pulp & Paper Week, RISI
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SAN FRANCISCO, August 20, 2008 - The Vancouver Sun this week reported a court approval of the sale of an idled Pope & Talbot pulp mill in Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island, to a partnership of former employees and investors for $13 million. But next in line, and offering $20 million, is a developer who
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- A new climate for the pulp and paper industry
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Amanda Sauer, senior associate, World Resources Institute
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ATLANTA, August 18, 2008 - The pulp and paper industry is uniquely positioned to find profitable opportunities – and new risks – as the world seeks solutions to the challenges of global climate change.
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- Old ties part I
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George Gates, President, Core-R.O.I. Inc
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ATLANTA, August 15, 2008 - “Before you can get opinions, ideas, solutions in the room you have to get people in the room. Hearts first, then heads.“ – Brian Lohmann
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- US newsprint prices: Will the rally continue or do publishers have a surprise on tap?
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Kevin Conley, Senior Economist, Graphic Papers, RISI
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, August 14, 2008 - Compared to the same period last year, US newsprint consumption dropped 9.4% in the first half of 2008 with monthly levels retreating at a double-digit pace since March. Aided by the removal of 600,000 tonnes of capacity by AbitibiBowater in the first quarter, producers' supply-side management has so
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- How do you print yours?
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Savitri Patel, Associate Editor, PPI Europe, RISI
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BRUSSELS, August 13, 2008 - Having just seen “Wanted”, yet another film which suggests that life as an office worker is the circle of hell missing from Dante’s Inferno, it tickled me to discover that actually the average office is brimming with crazy types, recklessly printing off a forest’s worth of trees just
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