fores.finland.troncosForest industry won all the way in cartel case

Summary:
The Supreme Court will not take up Metsähallitus' demands in the timber cartel case. Aproximately 500 private forest owners, over 30 municipalities and Metsähallitus have litigated against Finland's three major forest companies for several years. They have all claimed compensation due to the wood cartel maintained by Metsäliitto, UPM and Stora Enso between 1997 and 2004. The ruling in the district court and in the court of appeal has in all cases been the same: It has not been possible to prove that those who sold timber to the companies suffered losses due to the cartel. The case is now closed. The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced that it will not take up Metsähallitus's appeal.

hojas forePöyry is taking Smart Forestry offerings to a new level with enhanced digital capabilities and services through the partnership with Simosol

Pöyry and Simosol have signed a partnership agreement to further develop combined offering in Smart Forestry solutions. Combining Pöyry's deep knowledge through forest based value chains with Simosol's wide experience in digital solutions will help our clients in generating value in their forestry operations covering throughout the supply chain.
yry's Smart Forestry approach is based on cooperation with the ecosystem of technology providers. The selection of best suppliers into our Smart Forestry offering ensures fit-for-purpose solutions for clients around the world. Our new partnership with Simosol improves the availability of state-of-the-art digital forestry solutions for our global clientele.

carbon4PURValorisation du CO2 : nouvelle phase du projet Carbon4PUR

Les premiers résultats du projet Carbon4PUR obtenus en laboratoire se montrent encourageants. (c)Carbon4PUR

Le projet européen de recherche Carbon4PUR, qui vise à produire à partir d’effluents gazeux industriels des polyols, est entré dans sa phase industrielle. Après avoir réussi à obtenir ces composés en laboratoire, le consortium du projet a débuté l’évaluation des conditions pour la réalisation d’un pilote de production. Les essais de production industrielle sont prévus d’être réalisés sur la plateforme de Fos-sur-Mer. Sur ce site, le pilote du projet Covestro y détient une unité de production chimique tandis qu’un autre membre du consortium, ArcelorMittal y exploite une usine métallurgique capable de fournir des effluents gazeux enrichis en CO2 et en CO. « Nous devons considérer les déchets comme une ressource.

puerto de santos brasilPuerto de Santos, el mayor de toda América Latina, batió récord de transporte de cargas en 2018

El puerto brasileño de Santos, situado en el litoral del estado de Sao Paulo (sureste de Brasil), el mayor de toda América Latina, batió en 2018 su récord de movimientos de cargas, con 133,1 millones de toneladas, lo que representa un incremento del 2,5 por ciento en comparación con 2017, informó hoy la estatal Compañía de las Docas de Sao Paulo (Codesp), encargada de su administración.

Según la Codesp, la soja fue la principal responsable del aumento del transporte de cargas en el puerto de Santos, con 94,34 millones de toneladas embarcadas, cifra récord y que supone además un aumento del 0,8 por ciento frente a 2017.

Forests withForests with different-aged trees is an exception

Summary:
Heinäveden Koneurakointi has 50 years of experience of forest work. The company carries out felling mainly for the customers of Metsä Group. According to Pasi Mikkonen, he has never encountered a forest where continuous culture is practised. Arto Kaipainen, a forest expert at Stora Enso Metsä, agrees with Mr Mikkonen. They have only received one tender on exploitation felling. Mr Kaipainen says that the wood buyer carries out the felling based on the model agreed with the forest owner. The price paid for wood gained in exploitation felling is not the same as in clear felling, he adds. In practise, often part of the work is carried out as exploitation felling due to landscape reasons.

ANDRITZ technologyANDRITZ to supply a complete a refrigerator recycling plant to Remondis Electrorecycling SAS, France

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Remondis Electrorecycling SAS to supply a complete recycling plant for refrigeration appliances to their dismantling center in Saint Thibault, France.

Cross-Flow Shredder QZ, the centerpiece of the new plant

The Cross-Flow Shredder QZ will be the centerpiece of the new plant and process refrigerators and freezers with a piece weight of up to 100 kg. Start-up for the new recycling plant is scheduled for spring 2019.

forest cortando arbolesUncertainty casts shadow on major companies' result season - forest companies more successful than others
Summary:
Even though uncertainty in the world markets has grown, the results of Finnish listed companies developed well at the end of the year, forecasts predict. The profit forecast for UPM, Stora Enso and SSAB looks promising. During recent years, forest industry has been the best-developing sector in Finland. The companies' results have been strengthened particularly by strongly growing pulp prices. Analyst Harri Taittonen of Nordea says that a significant question for the sector is how the decline in China's pulp demand at the end of the year affects Finnish companies.