12-07-2005
Russia: Mondi Business Paper announces results
During the six months 2005, the sales volumes of Mondi Business Paper Sales (Moscow office of Mondi Business Paper managing sales in Russia and CIS countries) skyrocketed to 30% compared with the first half-year 2004.

   11-07-2005
Belarus: A Euro 1 million project
In September a joint Belarus-Russian company Rosbelpak continuing with a Euro 1 million investment project in Gomel is launching a production line for manufacturing light-weight covers for school-books at Belarus Sozh state printing and publishing enterprise.

   11-07-2005
Ukraine: Dnepropetrovsk Mill announces half-year results
During the six months 2005, Dnepropetrovsk Paper Mill churned out 14.1 thousand tons of paper and board, which constituted an upturn of 4 thousand tons compared with the same period a year ago. The mill manufactured 5.6 thousand tons of printing paper, 345 tons of cover paper, 619 tons of brown paper. The total output of board and paper for corrugated showed the largest increase of 3.1 thousand tons. During January–June 2005 the mill produced 7.5 thousand tons of board and paper for corrugated.

   11-07-2005
Russia: The Chinese are building $500 million mill
Construction of Russian-Chinese greenfield pulp mill started on June 27 in the Chita region, near the Chinese border, www.fis.ru informs. The idea of the project first appeared in cooperation agreement between the Chita region and the neighbouring Heilongjiang province dated September 16, 2003. In August 2004, FGUP Sibgiprobum prepared a construction plan for Russian company Zabinkom, international paper holding Syda (China), and technical and economic cooperation company Huachen (China). The main investments of $500 million are coming from the Chinese partners.

   11-07-2005
Russia: Arkhangelsk Mill reports results
In June, Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill cooked 68.6 thousand tons of pulp, which constituted a slight upturn of 1.5% compared with June 2004, the mill’s press-service informs. The mill churned out 6.8 thousand tons of paper (the same as in 2004), 39.6 thousand tons of containerboard (+3.5%), 11.3 million of corrugated products (the same as in 2004).

   11-07-2005
Russia: Timber industry wants Finland to justify lockout
North-West Timber Industries Confederation asked Finnish Forest Industries Federation and Paper Workers Union to prove justification of the 47-days’ lockout appealing to the fact of considerable losses for Russian timber enterprises and exporters.

   08-07-2005
Russia: Lower duties for baryta paper and board
The government of Russia decided to group baryta paper and board used as a base for photo-, heat-, electro-sensitive paper into separate subpositions of foreign-economic product range — 4810 13 110 and 4810 13 190 1, www.lesprom.ru informs.

   08-07-2005
Russia: Ecological rating of Ust-Ilim confirmed
Expert Rating Agency confirmed the ecological rating of Ust-Ilim Timber Complex at ecoB++ level (satisfactory ecological responsibility and relatively low risks), www.bumprom.ru informs.

   07-07-2005
Russia: Stora Enso plans to build a pulp mill
Stora Enso is discussing with the Russian government plans to build a Euro 1 billion greenfield softwood pulp mill by 2010. Its capacity is estimated at 1% of world pulp production.

   04-07-2005
Ukraine: Rubezhansk Mill to expand production
On June 16–17, president of DS Smith (British stakeholder of JSC Rubezhansky Cardboard and Package Mill) Anthony Thorn attended the World Economic Forum, a mini Davos, organized by the government of Ukraine in Kiev in order to detail a raft of political and economic reforms it is implementing for attracting further foreign investments.



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