Study Group: Timber and Forest Product Experts in GLG Member Programs (EU)(?)

What is Russia trying to achieve in raising tariffs? What is the effect on the West? Can the final major increase be avoided?

With a housing recession well dug in in the USA, and one around the corner in Europe where are Norbord going to look to make some money? Will the potential closure of the Genk Particleboard plant actually save the company money or will they just lose market share to the other big European panel product...

- economic of interest - socio economic of interest - ecological of interest

International Paper has announced a definitive agreement to set up a 50:50 joint venture with Russia's largest pulp and paper group, Ilim Group, in fact this is the purchase by IP of 50% of Ilim Group for $650 million, the most the Russian government could be expected to allow. The deal was originally...

Russia has just raised export duty on unprocessed timber to a minimum of 10 Euros per m3, with further increases to 50 Euros per m3 by 2009. Russian timber has become important raw material for a number of countries and companies, who now fear that timber exports will become unprofitable and they will...