A lekgotla briefing paper notes that industrialisation in South Africa has yet to reach its full potential and faces a range of constraints which have led to low manufacturing profitability. Explained by President Thabo Mbeki, the plan aims to implement the national industrial policy framework which was approved in January of this year, though details have still not yet been published. The trade and industry minister will also announce the broad direction of the motor industry development...

Forest Service, was initially concerned that it was just a matter of time before the destructive insects jumped the Continental Divide and crossed from the Pike National Forest on the Twin Lakes side of the pass to the White River National Forest on the Aspen side. Forest Service, was initially concerned that it was just a matter of time before the destructive insects jumped the Continental Divide and crossed from the Pike National Forest on the Twin Lakes side of the pass to the White...

VANCOUVER (CP) - West Fraser Timber co. ltd. (TSX:WFT) says higher costs and lower shipments in a struggling lumber industry led to a second quarter loss of $14 million, compared to earnings of $104 million in the same period last year. housing starts over the past 12 months has resulted in reduced lumber demand and excess lumber supply," West Fraser said in a release. denominated debt, $51 million related to sale of an interest in a power purchase agreement; $9 million related to the B....

Lately, however, locals here have become examples for us all and are national pacesetters in laying aside feuds, putting heads together and figuring how forest preservation can live alongside a forest economy. It would set aside more than 300,000 acres as designated wilderness, protecting dry, old-growth forests of Ponderosa pine and interior rain forests of Western red cedar. and other timber operators have kept going, but they have depended on private timber and logs harvested from the...

States in Peninsular Malaysia have been told to keep a close eye on extraction of the heartwood by emphasising on enforcement of Section 15 of the National Forestry Act 1984, which requires any removal of the valuable product to be accompanied with a removal pass. Malaysia is taking steps to ensure that the trade in gaharu is sustainable. States in Peninsular Malaysia have been told to keep a close eye on extraction of the heartwood by emphasising on enforcement of Section 15 of the...