A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree Master of Technology: Biotechnology, M.L. Sultan technikon, 2000. / The ever-increasing demand for a wide variety of paper products has led to the pulp and paper industry becoming one of the largest industries in the world. In 1988 the United States alone produced almost 71 million metric tonnes of paper and pulp board (Jeffries, 1992). South Africa has also become one of the major international producers of pulp and paper products. Since 1970, the production of paper and board by the South African industry achieved an average growth rate of 5.2% per annum, and in 1997 South Africa was the twelfth largest producer of pulp and 24th biggest supplier of paper and board in the world (Molony, 1999 / M
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:dut/oai:ir.dut.ac.za:10321/2701 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Creators | Madlala, Andreas Muzikababa |
| Contributors | Singh, Suren |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 148 p |
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