Tag: Ronald Beare

• Sunday, October 6th 2013 - 07:01 UTC

  UPM conflict: Argentine protestors will not be allowed to cross to Uruguay, warn officials

  

  Residents from Gualeguaychú, Argentina confirmed that on Sunday they will attempt crossing an international bridge to Uruguay to protest the production expansion of the pulp mill Botnia/UPM, authorized by the government of President Jose Mujica. This despite the fact Uruguayan officials anticipated that at the most “eight or nine” Argentine officials and representatives from the protestors will be allowed to meet with their Uruguayan counterparts to discuss the situation.

• Friday, September 27th 2013 - 08:04 UTC

  Pulp mill UPM waiting for a reply from Mujica on its production expansion request

  

  Uruguay’s largest pulp mill UPM announced that it will be making final checks of the plant’s equipment in the rest of the week, following on annual maintenance work, but production is not scheduled to resume until the Finnish company receives a reply from President Jose Mujica regarding the output expansion request.