Jul 27, 2005. /Lesprom Network/. Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. announced on Tuesday that its board of directors has approved a dividend payment to shareholders of record on August 8, 2005, amounting to $0.025 per common share, payable on September 1, 2005. Abitibi-Consolidated is a global leader in newsprint and commercial printing papers as well as a major producer of wood products, serving 70 countries from more than 50 operating facilities on three continents. Committed to the sustainable forest management of more than 40 million acres through third-party certifications, the company is also the world's largest recycler of newspapers and magazines, collecting and consuming the equivalent of more than five billion newspapers every year.