Uruguay pulp mills on hold.
The European pulp company Grupo Empresarial Ence SA has halted the construction of a $500-million pulp mill on the Uruguay River for 90 days while Argentina and Uruguay study the environmental effects to a river in both countries. Finland's Metsae-Botnia Oy has put its $1.1-billion pulp plant in the...

INTERNATIONAL COURT AT THE HAGUE REJECTS ARGENTINA'S SUIT TO BLOCK CONSTRUCTION OF URUGUAYAN PULP MILLS.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague ruled in July that Uruguay had not violated the terms of a 1975 Argentina-Uruguay agreement on a shared river by beginning construction of two paper mills on the river's shore. Argentina's government, urged on by environmentalists from the Argentine cities...

Method introduces bamboo-based wipe: new product features outstanding eco-profile, durability and style.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Method Home Care, a division of Method Products, Inc., has introduced the first and only disposable cleaning made from bamboo. The company sees bamboo as a material of choice for innovative premium wipes to its outstanding eco-profile, durability and style. A naturally compostable and sustainable...

Nanowood composites project funding.
The European Commission is to invest [euro]6.5 million in a large scale project dealing with the development of sustainable wood-based composite materials for a wide range of applications. The SustainComp project involves 17 organizations around Europe and is coordinated by the Swedish research and development (R&D) company STFI-Packforsk AB....

Company purchases pulp mill in Halsey.
Byline: Ilene Aleshire The Register-Guard Pope & Talbot's Halsey pulp mill has been sold to one of its creditors, Ableco Finance of New York, and union officials are hoping that it may re-open next week. The mill, which employed about 180 people, abruptly closed last month after...

Halsey mill back in operation.
Byline: Ilene Aleshire The Register-Guard HALSEY - When Wayne Henneck took over as president of the company that now operates the former Pope & Talbot pulp mill in Halsey, his biggest concern was getting the mill back running as quickly as possible, he said Wednesday. He said...

Pope & Talbot's bitter end.
Byline: The Register-Guard Pope & Talbot has been a part of Oregon since before Oregon was a state. Now it is gone, having received permission from a bankruptcy judge last week to close its remaining mills and turn its assets over to a trustee for liquidation. ...

Nexterra, Kamloops Cellulose Fibers Pulp Mill and Paprican Receive $2.7 Million from SDTC for Lime Kiln Biomass Gasification Project.
VANCOUVER, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nexterra Energy Corp. (http://www.nexterra.ca/) announced it has signed a $2.7 million contribution agreement with Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) to support demonstration of a unique application of Nexterra's gasification technology to displace natural gas used to fire lime kilns in kraft pulp mills with...

Mercer to Curtail 20,000 Tonnes of Production at German Mills in December Because of Fiber Limitations.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mercer International Inc. announced today that it will curtail production at its German pulp mills by approximately 20,000 tonnes in December 2006 because of fiber limitations due to under-delivery of anticipated supply. Mercer is importing additional fiber to Germany and currently expects, subject...

RISI's International Woodfiber Report Predicts North American Woodfiber Demand to Fall More Than 20 Million Tons by Year-End.
BOSTON, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Woodfiber Report (IWR), following a flurry of pulp and paper mill closures and OSB mill curtailments, today reported that North American virgin woodfiber demand could fall more than 20 million green tons by 2009. The Report, published monthly by RISI, the leading...