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Innovative Solution Connects Kyrgyzstan's Most Remote Village to the Internet, Sparking Further Development
Until recently, the village of Zardaly, in the Batken region of southwest Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous area on the border of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, was almost completely cut off from the rest of the world. There were no road connections and certainly no information highway. That all changed recently, however, when the Kyrgyz chapter of the Internet Society, an international organization aiming to bridge the digital divide, led a project to connect Zardaly to the internet.
What’s in store for global pulp markets in 2024? - Fastmarkets
With the backdrop of a pulp price recovery taking shape in China, leading pulp and paper industry participants met last week in London, with upside risk present in the market for the first time in over a year. The strong seasonal bump for demand in China in the second half of the year, combined with restocking-related purchases, has pushed pulp prices in China higher on a net basis than in Europe or North America.
UPM’s Paso de los Toros pulp mill to reach nominal capacity by end of year
Speaking to reporters at the firm’s Q1 financial results presentation, UPM CEO Jussi Pesonen said that the new 2.1 million tonne/yr bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) pulp mill in Paso de los Toros, Uruguay, which started up last week, will complete its ramp-up phase and hit nominal capacity by the end of this year. “The Paso de los Toros pulp mill in Uruguay is currently ramping up production and is already producing high-quality, sellable pulp,” said Pesonen.
Seven geopolitical trends set to shape the global business environment
Speaking at Fastmarkets’ annual European conference in Prague, the director of advisory at the research firm Oxford Analytica, Mark Elsner, set out what he termed the top flashpoints and longer-term trends that will be impacting the international environment in the coming years and the companies operating within it. Reverse of globalization First on the list, and something that underpins most, if not all, of the subsequent trends, is power rivalries and the reverse of globalization.
Port strike in Finland ends as collective agreement is reached
The Finnish port strike that has paralyzed the country’s logistics sector has come to an end. The Finnish Transport Union (AKT) and the employer organization for the country’s ports reached a deal on February 28 that will allow the country’s stevedores to return to work, bringing an end to the two-week strike. The dockworkers launched an open-ended strike on February 15 after talks on a new collective agreement to replace the one that expired on January 31 hit a roadblock.
Finnish logistics strikes begin as negotiations fail to bear fruit
Industrial action across the Finnish logistics sector began last Wednesday after last-minute negotiations between unions and employer associations on a new collective agreement failed to resolve the dispute. Stevedores at Finnish ports officially went on strike February 15 at 6:00 AM until further notice, according to the Finnish Transport Union (AKT). Terminal operators also walked off the job at 6:00 AM the same day, with their action to continue until midnight, February 21.
Proposal to discontinue Russian containerboard pricing
The consultation period for this proposed discontinuation starts from December 15, 2022 and will end on January 22, 2023. The final decision will be published February 2, 2023. The discontinuation will take place, subject to market feedback, from March 2, 2023.
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