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Gatineau convinces AbitibiBowater to rethink mill closure?
Aug 8, 2010 | In Mill Closures & Layoffs, Certification | 5 feedbacks »
AbitibiBowater has agreed to the City of Gatineau's proposal to conduct a $100,000 feasibility study of its Gatineau mill closure.AbitibiBowater closed the 80 year old mill in May and 300 jobs were lost.A Gatineau city committee has calculated th… more »
West Fraser Timber posts quarterly profit of $63 million
Aug 3, 2010 | In Certification | Send feedback »
West Fraser Timber posted a profit of $63 million in its last quarter, compared to a loss of $39 million a year ago.
Sales were up in all segments and came in at $772 million, up from $612 million.
“Although the improved results were driven largely… more »
Ensyn Technologies Inc. and Tolko Industries Ltd. announce formation of partnership to build world's largest commercial fast pyrolysis plant
Jun 7, 2010 | In Certification | Send feedback »
Ensyn Technologies Inc. and Tolko Industries Ltd. announced today that they have formed a partnership to build the world's largest commercial fast pyrolysis plant in High Level, Alberta.
The partnership, High North BioResources Limited Partnership, h… more »
Renewable Electricity Plan concerns Forest Industry
Apr 28, 2010 | In Financial News, Certification, Woodlands | Send feedback »
Forest Products Association of Nova Scotia (FPANS) has concerns with Nova Scotia's new Renewable Electricity Plan released on Friday (April 23rd) by the provincial government (.pdf).
FPANS has long been an advocate for third-party certification progr… more »
Kruger's Corner Brook mill saved by government help
Mar 30, 2010 | In Certification | Send feedback »
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador revealed in their budget, that they will cover $15.4 million of costs at Kruger's Corner Brook newsprint mill.
The costs include replanting and forest management costs. Specifically, finance Minister Tom Ma… more »
NewPage to Purchase Domtar Coated Groundwood Product Lines
Mar 16, 2010 | In Certification | Send feedback »
NewPage Corporation (NewPage) today announced that it has reached an agreement with Domtar Corporation to purchase Domtar's coated groundwood paper product lines and book of business. The purchase follows Domtar's decision to exit this business and close… more »
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 »
