NEW YORK, July 18, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mercer International (Nasdaq:MERC) (TSX:MRI.U) will release its second quarter financial results for the period ended June 30, 2011 on Tuesday, August 2, 2011, after the close of the market. A conference call to discuss the results will be held Wednesday, August 3, 2011, at 10:00am ET. Jimmy S.H. Lee, Chairman and President, and David M. Gandossi, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, will host the call. Analysts and investors are invited to participate in the call by dialing one of the following:
North America: (888) 241-0326
International: (647) 427-3411
Conference ID: 83915631
Listeners can also access the conference call live, or archived through September 2, 2011, over the Internet at:
http://investor.shareholder.com/media/eventdetail.cfm?eventid=99789&CompanyID=MERC&e=1&mediaKey=1AE35D7DABC3ECD95E2779DA87354812
or through a link on the Company's Investors/News Releases page at http://www.mercerint.com/s/NewsReleases.asp. Please allow 15 minutes prior to the call to visit the sites and download and install any necessary audio software.
For additional information on accessing the call, please contact Adrian Hay of Mercer International at ahay@mercerint.com or (604) 639-5146.
Mercer International Inc. is a global pulp manufacturing company. Mercer operates three modern NBSK pulp mills in Germany and Canada with a consolidated annual production capacity of approximately 1.5 million tonnes.
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