Activists have criticised the government's intransigence in its support for the two pulp mills [at Fray Bentos], which are to be built by foreign companies: Botnia of Finland and ENCE of Spain... The proposed sites...[have] sparked concern on the part of...environmental organisations...Uruguayan Environment Minister Mariano Arana told the press on Friday...that the Finnish authorities also offered to send technical specialists to Uruguay, to help guarantee the necessary controls for protecting water and air quality in the area surrounding the plant.