Tag: UPM

Saturday, June 18th 2011 - 03:02 UTC
Green light for construction of Uruguay’s second pulp mill

The construction of Uruguay’s second pulp mill, which includes a power plant and port facilities have been authorized following the approval of the Montes del Plata environment policies.
Monday, February 14th 2011 - 23:37 UTC
Uruguay manufacturing recovered mildly in 2010: “industry is stagnant”

Uruguay’s manufacturing industry expanded 4.5% in 2010, but if the pulp industry hub is excluded the percentage drops to 3.5%, according to the latest release from the National Statistics Institute, INE.
Monday, January 17th 2011 - 13:32 UTC
Uruguay: A new pulp mill goes ahead

Montes Del Plata, a 50/50 joint venture between Chilean Arauco and Finnish Stora Enso, manufactures cellulose pulp from wood, and has been operating in Uruguay since 2009.
Friday, November 12th 2010 - 14:12 UTC
Argentina “is a country cut in two”, cautions Uruguayan president

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica was critical of Argentina’s economic policies and of the recent organization for the funeral of former president Nestor Kirchner. He also admitted it would be “difficult” to reach a definitive agreement with Argentina regarding the long standing UPM-Botnia pulp mill conflict.
Friday, June 4th 2010 - 05:11 UTC
Mounting pressure in Argentina for Justice to order removal of pickets

Pressure is mounting in Argentina for pickets blocking an international bridge leading to Uruguay to be ordered removed by a court order, following Wednesday’ presidential summit when Uruguay’s Jose Mujica and Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner agreed on a joint agenda of pending issues.
Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 08:44 UTC
Argentine Supreme Court Judge says Botnia Pickets are “Illicit, but not Illegal”

An Argentine Supreme Court Judge has said that the pickets blocking an international bridge linking neighbouring Argentina and Uruguay to protest the construction of a pulp mill on the Uruguayan side are “illicit but not illegal”.
Friday, April 30th 2010 - 05:54 UTC
Uruguay’s Fray Bentos Pulp Mill Boosts Profits of Finland’s UPM

Finland’s pulp and paper manufacturer UPM's (OMX: UPM1V) Fray Bentos unit in Uruguay proved overwhelmingly the most profitable, helping to boost an otherwise first quarter profit of the year which was described as “unsatisfactory” by CEO Jussi Pesonen.
Thursday, April 29th 2010 - 05:41 UTC
Cristina Kirchner and Mujica Agree to Re-Channel Bilateral Relations

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Uruguayan counterpart José “Pepe” Mujica said on Wednesday they will be working to “re-channel” bilateral relations and will strictly abide the ruling of the Botnia paper mill case.
Monday, April 26th 2010 - 06:21 UTC
Pulp Mill Dispute: Protest and Counter Protest on Both Sides of the River Uruguay

Angry protestors from Argentina marched Sunday on to the bridge linking with Uruguay to express their disenchantment with the recent international court judgement on the pulp mill dispute, which confirmed the mill does not pollute and there’s no sufficient evidence for re-location or damages’ compensation as demanded by Argentine environmentalists.
Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 03:23 UTC
Taiana calls Gualeguaychú activists to reconsider position and lift pickets

Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana called on Gualeguaychú activists that keep international San Martín bridge blocked for more than three years to “reconsider their ways of action, mostly after the International Court of Justice ruling”.