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Monday, 24 September 2012 09:57
CelluForce’s Dr. Richard Berry named to Canada’s Clean50
CelluForce, the world leader in the commercial development of NanoCrystalline Cellulose (NCC), also referred to as Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNC), is proud to announce that its Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Richard Berry, has been selected as one of Canada’s…
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Monday, 24 September 2012 09:42
Domtar officially launches "The Forest Academy" website
Domtar Corporation has announced the launching of an interactive, educational site The Forest Academy. The tool, introduced a few months ago, has reached a milestone of 25,000 visitors. The Forest Academy builds on Domtar's original youth education website "Tree World"…
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Thursday, 20 September 2012 10:15
Cascades inc. establishes a program for small shareholders to sell shares without comission
Cascades Inc. (TSX: CAS), has established a Small Shareholder Program for registered shareholders and beneficial owners of 99 or fewer of Cascades Inc. common shares as of the Program record date of September 17, 2012. Shareholders who purchased common shares…
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Thursday, 13 September 2012 08:37
Cascades Invest $22 Million in its Folding Carton and Microlithography Operations
Cascades Inc. a leader in the recovery and manufacturing of green packaging and tissue products, announces major investments in several of the folding carton and microlithography plants of its Norampac Division. Thanks to a total investment of $22 Million, the…
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Tuesday, 11 September 2012 10:45
Resolute Announces Further Debt Reduction and Share Repurchase Milestone
Resolute Forest Products Inc.has announced that it would take advantage of its strong liquidity position to redeem an additional $85 million of its 10.25% senior secured notes due 2018. The Company also announced that it had now repurchased 3.7 million shares…
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Monday, 27 August 2012 09:30
Resolute Forest Products Announces Restart of its Dolbeau (Québec) Paper Mill
Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) has announced that its paper mill in Dolbeau-Mistassini (Québec) is to resume operations. This decision follows the receipt of a notice of acceptance of the tender regarding the sale of electricity to be produced at…
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Friday, 24 August 2012 07:21
Catalyst Paper and Pacifica Deep Sea Terminals Inc. reach agreement on sale of Elk Falls site
Catalyst Paper today announced that it has reached agreement with Pacifica Deep Sea Terminals Incorporated on the sale of its Elk Falls site in Campbell River. The $8.6 million sale of the 400-acre industrial site and adjacent properties is expected…
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Wednesday, 15 August 2012 12:30
Cascades Continues to Consolidate its Operations
Cascades Inc., a leader in the recovery and the manufacturing of green packaging and tissue paper products, continues to consolidate its operations and announces the permanent closure of the Cascades Tissue Group plant located in Scarborough (McNicoll Street) in Toronto.…
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Tuesday, 07 August 2012 20:01
Catalyst Paper reaches agreement on financing facilities
Catalyst Paper has announced that it has entered into a commitment letter with a Canadian chartered bank for a $175 million syndicated asset based loan facility (ABL Facility) maturing on the earlier of 5 years from date of closing and…
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Thursday, 26 July 2012 10:30
Coal-to-biomass conversion will support 200 forestry jobs
After almost two years of negotiations, the Ontario government announced on July 19 it has reached an agreement to convert the Atikokan Generating Station from coal to biomass by 2014. Conversion of the plant, which is owned by the Ontario…
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Wednesday, 11 July 2012 22:57
CelluForce welcomes 16 year old Janelle Tam
Celluforce, the world leader in commercial development of NanoCrystalline Cellulose (NCC), welcomed Janelle Tam, 16, in their plant in Windsor, on July 9th, 2012. Ms.Tam, winner of the Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada 2012 (SBCC), presented her research to the media…
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Wednesday, 11 July 2012 14:30
Aditya Birla proposes to restart Terrace Bay by October for kraft pulp
The proposed new owner of an idled pulp mill in northwestern Ontario says it would restart production of paper-grade pulp by October 2012, and gradually convert the mill to dissolving pulp. It was announced in early July that Aditya…
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Wednesday, 11 July 2012 12:30
Tembec to idle its high-yield pulp mill in Chetwynd, British Columbia in September
Tembec has announced that, due to market related conditions, it will indefinitely idle its high-yield pulp mill located in Chetwynd, British Columbia, as of September 16, 2012. “The high-yield pulp market has continued to soften over the past year.…
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Thursday, 05 July 2012 10:01
Boreal forest plan would protect caribou habitat, increase wood yield
Forest industry and conservation group signatories to the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) made recommendations in late June for an area of Ontario’s boreal forest almost five times the size of Metro Toronto. The plan applies to approximately 3 million…
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Tuesday, 03 July 2012 11:30
Domtar unveils 2020 sustainabilty indicator framework
Domtar Corporation has released its 2011 Sustainable Growth Report, unveiling 35 key performance indicators that will shape the company's sustainability efforts out to 2020. This sustainability framework builds on years of industry leadership in forestry certification, mill-level environmental performance and longstanding ENGO collaborations.…
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