VIEW FINDER NOT A USUAL EXERCISE Soldiers smell the ground to detect bodies of flash flood victims in Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot battered the island"s southern region in the second week of August. The typhoon, which Met officials call the deadliest in 50 years, also triggered mudslides; one such mudslide

Asia Pulp and Paper, one of the largest paper producers in Asia, said on Thursday it has no immediate plans to expand its two Indonesian pulp mills and would only do so if it secured sustainably produced timber.

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Eco issue
Owing to environmental concerns, large paper manufacturers are bound to look at waste paper as a supplement, say industry sources

R. Balaji

Chennai, July 17 Large paper mills that have depended on virgin raw material will increasingly look at recycling paper to increase raw material availability, say industry experts.

Controversial regulatory reforms in the environment sector found their way into the Economic Survey too. The report recommended that housing and real estate sector be taken out of the purview of the central environmental clearances regime.

The paper mill has commissioned its captive power plant and is selling 5 MW to AP Transco at Rs 4.50 a unit.

Ch. R.S. Sarma

Rajahmundry, July 1 Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills here is going in for capacity expansion and the project is likely to be completed by January, said Mr P.K. Suri, Director (Operations).