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Driving through a forest fire
Aug 3, 2010 | In International Forestry News, Forest Fires | Send feedback »
Four Russian men volunteered to help their neighbours protect their homes from an approaching forest fire in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region.As this video shows, the men had a close brush with death when they were trying to escape the village as the… more »
Devastating forest fires in Russia made worse by new law
Aug 3, 2010 | In International Forestry News, Forest Fires | Send feedback »
Russia is currently experiencing large devastating forest fires.
Now there is talk that Russia's fire situation has been made way worse due to a new law passed 4 years ago by Vladimir Putin and powerful logging interests that disbanded a centralized s… more »
Tembec is about to sell 2 kraft pulp mills in France
Apr 2, 2010 | In International Forestry News | Send feedback »
Tembec's European subsidiary, Tembec SAS, is in advanced negotiations with Paper Excellence B.V. for the sale of two Kraft pulp mills located in Tarascon and Saint-Gaudens, France.
As currently proposed, Paper Excellence B.V. would acquire 100% of th… more »
Transport Union strike in Finland will close UPM mills
Mar 3, 2010 | In International Forestry News | Send feedback »
Due to a strike by the Finnish Transport Worker's Union, UPM's paper mills in Finland are expected to close within the week.
The strike is preventing the transportation of raw materials to the mills.
UPM says if the strike spreads to the dock worke… more »
Tembec wants to sell its two kraft mills in Europe
Nov 27, 2009 | In International Forestry News | Send feedback »
Tembec Inc. today confirmed that Tembec SAS, its European subsidiary, has retained the services of investment bankers Houlihan Lokey to review strategic options for the two Kraft pulp mills held by subsidiaries of Tembec SAS.
While still exploring ot… more »
U.S. may stop black liquor tax credits to pay for health care
Nov 4, 2009 | In International Forestry News | Send feedback »
U.S. House members are looking to stop the black liquor tax credits received by American pulp and paper companies at the end of the year.Legislation introduced this week would prevent such companies as International Paper Co. and Weyerhaeuser Co. fro… more »
Missing: $1.8 million of timber... And the ship carrying it.
Aug 13, 2009 | In International Forestry News | Send feedback »
The cargo ship, the Arctic Sea, and the $1.8 million of timber that was on-board, has gone missing.
The ship was destined for Algeria from Finland, then was briefly hijacked off the coast of Sweden, then travelled through the English Channel... and th… more »
Town considers selling pulp mill's water supply to the Middle East
Jun 25, 2009 | In International Forestry News | Send feedback »
The Cosmopolis pulp mill, located near Aberdeen in Washington state, was closed by Weyerhaeuser in 2005.The city of Aberdeen has 30 million gallons of water a day available that the pulp mill no longer requires.Recently the public works director… more »
Russian pulp mill workers on hunger strike
Jun 5, 2009 | In International Forestry News | 3 feedbacks »
In International Forestry news, a pulp mill in Russia has been closed because it couldn't afford to be "environmentally-friendly".
The Baikal Pulp Mill is located beside the worldest deepest lake and has been pumping toxic waste into that lake since t… more »
Australia bush fires - deadliest in history
Feb 8, 2009 | In International Forestry News, Forest Fires | Send feedback »
Australia is experiencing the deadliest bushfires in their history.
The death toll currently sits at 111, and is expected to rise. Entire towns have burned. Some people were found burned to death in their vehicles as they were trying to flee from th… more »
B.C. lumber producers attempt to capture the Chinese market
Jan 13, 2009 | In International Forestry News | Send feedback »
When British Columbia's Minister of Forests and Range Pat Bell, Canfor's Jim Shepard, and executives from 5 other large Canadian forestry companies travelled to China in November they saw an opportunity.
After the devastating earthquakes China suffere… more »
Russia delays tax increases
Nov 12, 2008 | In International Forestry News | Send feedback »
Just last week we were reading about the increase in Chinese wood orders in coastal B.C. as China looked to replace their Russian wood supply before Russia hikes their export tax in January. (see: Chinese wood orders increase at B.C. mills)
There is n… more »
3 Dead at Wisconsin Mill after explosion
Jul 29, 2008 | In International Forestry News, Health & Safety | Send feedback »
A storage tank exploded today at a paper mill in Tomahawk, Wisconsin killing 3 workers and injuring a 4th.
There was no fire associated with the explosion. The tank that exploded was used to store a product used to make paper at the mill.
The mill… more »
New Biomass Boiler at Tembec in France
Jun 27, 2008 | In International Forestry News | Send feedback »
Tembec has announced the start-up of a biomass boiler at its pulp mill in Tartas, France.
This Euro 33.8 million investment (C $53 million) will supply 85 tonnes per hour of steam to the pulp mill which produces 155,000 tonnes of specialty cellulose p… more »
Increasing Global Trade of Woodchips
May 29, 2008 | In International Forestry News | Send feedback »
Pulpmills in both Europe and the Pacific Rim are increasingly sourcing their mills with wood from fast-growing plantations. This has resulted in a major expansion of worldwide trade of both wood chips and pulplogs the past few years, according to the Woo… more »
