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Fraser Papers Announces Name for the New Specialty Papers Business: Twin Rivers Paper Company
Mar 9, 2010 | In Certification | Send feedback »
Fraser Papers Inc. has announced that the specialty papers business, to emerge from creditor protection under the company's restructuring proposal, will be named "Twin Rivers Paper Company".
The new specialty papers business will consist of the integr… more »
Uniboard's Mont-Laurier, Québec plant earns FSC certification
Dec 15, 2009 | In Certification | Send feedback »
Uniboard, a North American leader of manufactured engineered wood products, is pleased to announce that its plant in Mont-Laurier, Québec has been issued a Chain of Custody (COC) Certificate Multi-site by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) SW-COC 00272… more »
AbitibiBowater Receives FSC Certification of Forestlands in Quebec
Dec 8, 2009 | In Certification | 1 feedback »
AbitibiBowater, in partnership with Produits Forestiers Petit-Paris Inc. (PFPP), announced today that forest management units (27-51 and 24-51) in the Lac Saint-Jean region in Quebec have received certification to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) sta… more »
Why aren't B.C. sawmills cutting wood in the dimensions their Chinese customers prefer?
Nov 25, 2009 | In Financial News, Certification | 4 feedbacks »
Sawmills in British Columbia are shipping lumber to China with North American dimensions.
“If we can have Chinese sizing here, I would conservatively say the volume could increase by five times to 10 times,” Ken Cao, deputy manager of one of the count… more »
Domtar sells 4,069 ha of woodlands to SGF
Sep 18, 2009 | In Certification, Woodlands | Send feedback »
Societe generale de financement du Quebec (SGF) has purchased 4,069 hectares of woodlands from Domtar, for $8.5 million. The woodlands are located near Grande Vallee in the Gaspe Peninsula of eastern Quebec.
SGF is a Quebec government financing agenc… more »
Worthington Mackenzie mill deal is dead
Sep 15, 2009 | In Certification | 1 feedback »
The proposed deal for China's United Petroleum Group to purchase the Worthington Mackenzie mill has fallen apart.
The deal has apparently fell apart over an estimated $20 million in outstanding costs that remain unpaid.
Former workers of the mill w… more »
Worthington Mackenzie pulp mill may soon have a new Chinese owner
Sep 13, 2009 | In Certification | 1 feedback »
The United Petroleum Group of China, one of China's largest private oil companies, is close to purchasing the idled Worthington Mackenzie pulp mill for a rumoured $20 million.
Worthington Mackenzie purchased the pulp mill for $6.5 million in May 2008… more »
AbitibiBowater continues to buy recycled paper
Aug 17, 2009 | In Certification | 1 feedback »
The Columbus Dispatch recently published a story about the 800 recycling bins AbitibiBowater owns throughout Ohio - 800 of the more than 23,000 bins AbitibiBowater has placed across North America.
In Ohio, the income from the recycling bins provides i… more »
Ontario Premier removes Forests from Natural Resources
Jun 24, 2009 | In Misc., Certification | 1 feedback »
Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, announced today that he was moving Forests out of the Ministry of Natural Resources department. Now Forests will join Michael Gravelle's Northern Development and Mines department and will be called the Ministry of No… more »
Fraser Papers Announces FSC Certification at Its East Papers Operations
Mar 17, 2009 | In Certification | Send feedback »
Fraser Papers Inc. announced today that its integrated East Papers operations (Madawaska, Maine paper mill and Edmundston, New Brunswick pulp mill) had achieved Forest Stewardship Council ("FSC") Chain of Custody certification. To achieve this certif… more »
AbitibiBowater achieves 100% forest certification
Feb 5, 2009 | In Certification | Send feedback »
AbitibiBowater has announced that approximately 258,800 hectares of woodlands near Maniwaki, Quebec, have received certification under the Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Standard of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), based on a third-party au… more »
Tembec receives FSC certification for forests supplying its Chetwynd high-yield pulp mill, British Columbia
Dec 17, 2008 | In Certification | Send feedback »
Tembec has received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for its forestry practices over an 872,728-hectare public forest in Chetwynd, British-Columbia.
With 12 million hectares now managed according to FSC standards, Tembec is the world le… more »
Rona decides to buy only certified lumber
Nov 22, 2008 | In Certification | 1 feedback »
Rona Inc., who operates large home improvement stores in Canada, has decided to purchase certified lumber only.
The announcement by Rona is already controversial. There are three main certification systems in Canada, but Rona is choosing to only favo… more »
Tembec receives FSC certification for Senneterre
Sep 30, 2008 | In Certification | Send feedback »
Tembec has received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for its forestry practices over a 711,020-hectare public forest in Senneterre, in Abitibi-East, Quebec.
"Achieving FSC certification is the culmination of months of hard work and r… more »
Canadian Buyer's Guide for Sustainable Forest Products
Sep 24, 2008 | In Certification | Send feedback »
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have developed a Canadian buyer's guide for purchasers of wood and paper-based products. It provides important guidance on what to consider when writing procurement policie… more »
