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Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:15
Pöyry awarded EPCM services assignment by Millar Western for bioenergy project at Whitecourt pulp mill in Alberta, Canada
Millar Western Forest Products Ltd. has awarded Pöyry with the assignment for EPCM (Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management) services for an anaerobic bioenergy project at its Whitecourt pulp mill in Alberta, Canada. The project involves integration of anaerobic hybrid digesters…
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Thursday, 10 July 2014 09:51
Domtar receives 11 PPSA accolades: Safety in our business DNA
Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) is honored to have had 11 facilities recognized for safety performance excellence at the Pulp and Paper Safety Association's (PPSA) annual awards ceremony. The prizes were handed out during the PPSA's annual conference held…
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Thursday, 10 July 2014 09:46
Catalyst Paper appoints Pierre A. Raymond to its board of directors
Catalyst Paper Corporation have announced the appointment of Pierre A. Raymond as an independent director of the company, effective immediately. Leslie T. Lederer, Chairman of the Board said, "I am pleased to welcome Mr. Raymond to our Board of Directors.…
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Tuesday, 01 July 2014 08:30
Resolute and Mercer International Launch a Research and Development Biomaterial Joint Venture
Resolute Forest Products Inc. has announced the launch of a new research and development joint venture, Performance BioFilaments Inc. Jointly owned with Mercer International Inc., Performance BioFilaments will work to develop commercial applications for cellulose filaments, a new source of…
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Friday, 06 June 2014 15:30
Catalyst Paper named to best 50 Canadian corporate citizens list for eighth consecutive year
Catalyst Paper (TSX:CYT) is pleased to accept - on behalf of its 1,600 employees - the honour of being named one of Corporate Knights' Best 50 Canadian Corporate Citizens for the eighth year running. Corporate Knights, an award-winning quarterly publication…
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Friday, 06 June 2014 13:30
Cascades Fine Papers Group Joins Two Sides
Cascades Fine Papers Group, a leader in the manufacturing of ecological fine papers and security papers in Canada, has joined Two Sides, the rapidly growing non-profit organization that promotes the responsible production, use and sustainability of print and paper. "We're…
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Saturday, 15 June 2013 11:52
Catalyst adds Ascent to expand its range of lightweight coated papers
Catalyst Paper (TSX:CYT) is reaching higher to expand an already broad mechanical printing product range with the addition of Ascent, a coated three paper. Made at the Port Alberni mill on the only coated mechanical paper machine in Western North…
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Wednesday, 17 April 2013 10:07
B.C. forest companies can’t get enough rail cars to ship products to customers
Forest companies say they can no longer get enough rail cars to move their products to market at a time when the U.S. housing market is going through a major recovery. U.S. housing starts topped one million in March on…
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Monday, 15 April 2013 22:47
Montreal Chamber Orchestra's Domtar Discovery Series: Fourth concert featuring George Gao, erhu (Chinese violin),
Domtar is proud to be the Montreal Chamber Orchestra's Season Partner for the 2012-2013 Discovery Concert Series. We invite classical music lovers of all ages to join us. Also on the program: Symphony no. 1 in C Majour, op 21…
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Monday, 15 April 2013 22:35
Paper mill launches investigation into cancer concerns
High cancer rates in Thunder Bay, Ont. has both past and present mill workers concerned that there might be a connection to their paper plant. As a result, they have enlisted an occupational health clinic to determine whether workers contracted…
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Saturday, 13 April 2013 13:47
N.S. firms still steamed over Northern Pulp aid
A Pictou County businessman is critical of the Dexter government for helping a much larger company expand at the expense of his operation. Robert Langille, president of E&R Langille Contracting Ltd. of New Glasgow, says direct involvement by government in helping Northern Pulp finance…
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Friday, 12 April 2013 09:00
Syrup producer worries about dirty mill emissions
Nagzie Harb compares it to someone spitting in his sap. Harb woke on the morning of March 27 to freshly fallen snow on his property, but as he looked closer, he saw something else on top of the new snow.…
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Thursday, 11 April 2013 10:08
Chipper and natural gas will save Northern Pulp $16 million/year
Three capital projects in the works for Northern Pulp Nova Scotia are expected to save the NBSK mill about $16 million per year. The projects include the conversion of two boilers and a lime kiln to burn natural gas, and…
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Monday, 08 April 2013 13:30
Mario Plourde to Succeed Alain Lemaire as President of Cascades
Alain Lemaire, in the company of his brothers Bernard and Laurent Lemaire, announced that he will be passing the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Cascades to Mario Plourde, now Chief Operating Officer of the company. The transfer…
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Monday, 08 April 2013 10:30
Natural gas coming to Pictou County
Businesses and families could soon have access to natural gas in Pictou County, making the area a better place to do business and more affordable to live and raise families. "Our businesses, families, and others in the community understand the…
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