Soon, palm oil and forestry resource companies will be forbidden from starting any activities on any of their concessions that are idle, as the government plans to expand a moratorium on peatland use in a bid to curb the annual land and forest fires.
Talks between the United States and Canada on a long-running dispute over softwood lumber exports have bogged down amid "significant differences," the two nations said on Friday, potentially paving the way for a fresh round of lawsuits.
The plant will be close to industrial size and will be located at Sappi's Ngodwana Mill in South Africa. Start-up of the new plant is scheduled for the beginning of 2017.
