Tag: Uruguay River

• Friday, November 29th 2013 - 07:44 UTC

  Mujica questions Argentine trade policies towards Mercosur that “take us back to the sixties”

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica again questioned Argentine president Cristina Fernandez administration trade policies which he said take us back 'to the sixties, when everybody locked in', and in effect deny Mercosur and harm other members.

• Monday, November 4th 2013 - 05:43 UTC

  Uruguay extends UPM pulp mill production license for another three years

  

  The Uruguayan government announced it has renewed until 2016 Botnia/UPM pulp mill license so it can continue with production since it complies with the necessary environmental requisites and is committed to the additional standards demanded, said Housing and Environment minister Francisco Beltrame.

• Thursday, October 17th 2013 - 05:47 UTC

  Pulp mill dispute: Uruguay rejects Argentine ultimatum and doubles the bet

  

  The Uruguayan government rejected on Wednesday Argentina’s ultimatum referred to the UPM (former Botnia) pulp mill production expansion, and doubled the bet by proposing a reform of the shared River Uruguay Statute to increase environmental impact standards but also include both margins of the waterway.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2013 - 00:26 UTC

  Pulp mill conflict: Argentina summons Uruguay: roll back latest decision or see you in The Hague

  

  In a formal presentation Argentina summoned Uruguay ‘to leave without effect’ its latest controversial decision allowing the Botnia/UPM pulp plant to increase its annual production and accused Uruguay of ‘unilateral violation’ of the River Uruguay statute which rules over the neighbouring countries shared-border waterway.

• 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.

• Tuesday, October 1st 2013 - 06:46 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez and Mujica in a prudent silence over the pulp mill controversy

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández met on Monday with her Uruguayan counterpart José Mujica after the pair inaugurated a new vessel belonging to the ferry company Buquebús, (which joins Montevideo with Buenos Aires), in order to discuss matters related to the controversial UPM pulp plant formerly known as Botnia.

• Friday, September 27th 2013 - 08:10 UTC

  Uruguay planning a fluvial outpost next to a pulp mill questioned by Argentina

  

  The Ministry of Defence and the Navy share the dream of having a fluvial outpost at the head of the San Martin bridge” which links Uruguay with Argentina, said Uruguayan Defence minister Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro following a joint forces exercise denominated ‘Turbulent River’ involving land, naval forces and air support.

• 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.

• Friday, September 13th 2013 - 02:21 UTC

  UPM assessed as industry leader in environmental sustainability

  

  Finland’s energy and pulp UPM group has again been named among the world's sustainability leaders. The company has retained its position in both the Dow Jones European and World Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for 2013-2014. Furthermore, the company has been assessed as the industry leader in environmental sustainability within the Paper and Forest Products sector with top scores.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 02:00 UTC

  Mujica confirms: no intention of irritating Argentina on pulp mills’ controversy

  

  Uruguay’ President Jose Mujica said the decision authorizing a possible expansion, or not, of the UPM/Botnia pulp mill is closely linked to Argentina and the construction of a third plant along an inside Uruguayan river and not a shared one as is the case now.