NewsBeat:Daily News 10/24/2001 NewsBeat:Daily News 10/24/2001 This email is a daily service of Forestweb 's NewsBeat.  All the stories from Wednesday, Oct. 24, are available under Wednesday's Headlines.   Newly posted on Forestweb: Wood Resources International. North America Wood Fiber Update -- September 2001. Click WRI  to read.  If this NewsBeat. was forwarded to you by a colleague, please respect our copyright and order your own subscription. Corporate rates are available. For more information email NewsBeat   Contents G-P Leaf River pulp mill sale deal with Enron falls through ( More ...)  Besicorp-Empire submits air permit application for N.Y. newsprint mill ( More ...)  Great Northern groundwood paper mill in Maine to shut for two weeks ( More ...)  Potlatch to curtail production at two Minnesota OSB plants ( More ...)  Roseburg Forest Products brings new $75 million LVL, joist plant online ( More ...)  After 2-1/2 years, Pacific Lumber begins legal logging in Headwaters area ( More ...)  IP announces organizational changes; v.p. Smith to retire ( More ...)  Weyerhaeuser managing downturn as well as could be expected-analysts ( More ...)  Abitibi reports 3Q earnings plunge; attributed to 'high-cost capacity closures' ( More ...)  NorskeCanada reports lower 3Q earnings "given difficult markets" ( More ...)  G-P Leaf River pulp mill sale deal with Enron falls through 10/24/2001 17:43:03, Forestweb  By Diane Keaton  San Francisco, Oct. 24, 2001 (Forestweb) -- The tentative deal for Georgia-Pacific Corp. (G-P) to sell its Leaf River market pulp mill to Enron Corp. has collapsed, accord... ( Story... )   	 top of page  	   _____   Besicorp-Empire submits air permit application for N.Y. newsprint mill 10/24/2001 14:17:59, BW  KINGSTON, N.Y., Oct. 24, 2001 (press release) -- Besicorp-Empire Development Company, LLC has submitted its Air Permit Application to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ("NYSDEC") in connection with the cogeneration power plant and recycled newsprint manufacturing facility the Company plans to construct in the City of Rensselaer, New York. ... ( Story... ) 	  	 top of page  	   _____   Great Northern groundwood paper mill in Maine to shut for two weeks  10/24/2001 18:08:36, Press Reports  SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24, 2001 (Forestweb/press reports) -- Inexcon Inc.'s coated and uncoated groundwood paper mill in Millinocket, Maine, will shut down for two weeks due to weak markets, according to local press reports today. ... ( Story... ) 	  	 top of page  	   _____   Potlatch to curtail production at two Minnesota OSB plants 10/24/2001 06:22:39, BW  SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 24, 2001 (press release) -- Potlatch Corporation today announced temporary curtailments at two of its three Minnesota Oriented Strand Board facilities.  The company's Cook p... ( Story... )   	 top of page  	   _____   Roseburg Forest Products brings new $75 million LVL, joist plant online 10/24/2001 04:11:35, The News-Review (Roseburg, Ore.)  By Bart Smith, The News-Review  RIDDLE, Ore., Oct. 23, 2001 (The News-Review) -- With machinery whining persistently in the background, Roseburg Forest Products President Allyn Ford stepped up on ... ( Story... )   	 top of page  	   _____   After 2-1/2 years, Pacific Lumber begins legal logging in Headwaters area 10/24/2001 10:53:39, Forestweb  By Linda K. Barr  Oct. 24, 2001 (Forestweb) -- Pacific Lumber Co. (PALCO) began logging in the Headwaters Forest area of Northern California yesterday, putting an end to more than two years of l... ( Story... )   	 top of page  	   _____   IP announces organizational changes; v.p. Smith to retire 10/24/2001 08:58:24, PRNewswire  STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. 24, 2001 (press release) -- International Paper Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Dillon today announced that Executive Vice President C. Wes Smith will retire from the company, effective Jan. 31, 2002.... ( Story... ) 	  	 top of page  	   _____   Weyerhaeuser managing downturn as well as could be expected-analysts 10/24/2001 08:21:39, The Seattle Times  By Drew DeSilver, Seattle Times business reporter  SEATTLE, Oct. 24, 2001 (The Seattle Times) -- The link between the wood-products industry and the broader economy is clear, linear and nearly ine... ( Story... )   	 top of page  	   _____   Abitibi reports 3Q earnings plunge; attributed to 'high-cost capacity closures' 10/24/2001 07:17:36, PRNewswire  MONTREAL, Oct. 24, 2001 (press release) - Abitibi-Consolidated announced today third quarter earnings of $45 million, or 10 cents a share, on sales of $1.4 billion. This includes a provision of $4 million after-tax, or 1 cent a share, for countervailing duties relating to the softwood lumber dispute. These results compare to $108 million, or 24 cents a share on sales of $1.7 billion in the third quarter of 2000, and $108 million on sales of $1.5 billion in the second quarter of this year.... ( Story... ) 	  	 top of page  	   _____   NorskeCanada reports lower 3Q earnings "given difficult markets" 10/24/2001 14:14:16, CNW  VANCOUVER, Oct. 24, 2001 (press release) -- NorskeCanada announced today net earnings of $27.8 million, or $0.20 per common share, for the three months ended September 30, 2001. This compares to net earnings of $39.0 million, or $0.31 per common share, for the same period last year and $5.3 million, or $0.04 per common share, for the previous quarter. Net earnings for the quarter include a release of future income taxes of $22.8 million, or $0.16 per common share, from a reduction in provincial corporate income tax rates.... ( Story... ) 	  	 top of page  	   _____   To opt out of this newsletter or to make suggestions regarding NewsBeat, please email NewsBeat . All news reports are copyrighted by the respective authors. powered by Forestweb