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Thursday, 05 January 2012 14:00

St. Mary's Paper pushed into receivership

St. Mary's Paper was forced into receivership on Dec. 30, after its insurer discontinued coverage. CEO Dennis Bunnell told the Sault Star newspaper that lack of insurance carrier caused the mill's first secured party, International Forest Products, to have St.…
Wednesday, 04 January 2012 14:34

Supplier must repay $1.8 million to Domtar

The B.C. Supreme Court has decided in favor of Domtar in a dispute between the papermaker and chemicals distributor Univar Canada over the application of force majeure in a caustic soda contract. The contract between Domtar and Univar Canada in…
Ledcor Resources and Transportation has invested $70 million to launch a marine transportation service to Howe Sound Pulp and Paper. The company has also acquired a producer of wood chips and hog fuel located in the B.C. Interior region. The…
Unionized workers at the now-idled NewPage Port Hawkesbury mill in Nova Scotia received a welcome Christmas present from fellow workers at the nearby Northern Pulp Nova Scotia mill. Local 440 of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union delivered a $20,000…
FITNIR Analyzers has gained further traction in the Canadian pulp market as two pulp mills chose the company's equipment for process control optimization. Mercer International's Zelstoff Celgar mill, located near Castlegar, B.C., will be implementing FITNIR's fully automated, online analyzer…
Resolute Forest Products has issued its 2010 Sustainability Report, reviewing Company performance in key areas such as environmental impact, stakeholder engagement, product stewardship, fiber sourcing, community relations, human resources, and health and safety. This year's report is the first prepared…
Fortress Paper Ltd. has announced that it has initiated the final stages of the conversion project at its Fortress Specialty Cellulose Mill. The mill has commenced its start-up phase with final process testing, which will include cold and hot water…
Resolute Forest Products ("Resolute") has announced that it intends to make a formal take-over bid to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares (the "Common Shares") of Fibrek Inc. ("Fibrek", TSX: FBK). "The acquisition of Fibrek is consistent…
Kruger Inc. has announced that its Place Turcot paperboard mill in Montréal has been awarded Chain of Custody (CoC) certification by the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®), License Code FSC®- C106738. The certificate, issued by the Rainforest Alliance, an FSC®-accredited organization,…
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is pleased to welcome Resolute Forest Products (NYSE: ABH) (TSX: ABH), an organization committed to sustainability leadership as the newest member of its prestigious Climate Savers program (www.wwf.ca/about_us/business/climate_savers). As part of their commitment to this partnership,…
The Rainforest Alliance today announced that Taan Forest, owned by the Haida Enterprise Corporation (HaiCo) of Haida Gwaii, in British Columbia, has successfully achieved Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification, becoming the first forest in British Columbia to meet FSC standards…
Thursday, 10 November 2011 07:08

Loss of two Tembec employees in a crash

Two Tembec employees from Kapuskasing operations, Chad McQuade, area forestry technician and Daniel Simis, area forester died in a helicopter crash last Thursday 3rd Nov, in Northern Ontario, during a forest survey. The pilot of the contracted helicopter also died.…
Wednesday, 02 November 2011 13:00

Worker dies in Terrace Bay explosion

A worker is dead after a late-afternoon explosion at the Terrace Bay Pulp mill on Monday. Ontario Provincial Police have not released the employee's identity. Two other people were taken to hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Ontario Ministry of Labour…
Arizona Chemical Selects L.V. Lomas, Ltd. to Expand Distribution of Its Chemical Intermediate Products in Canada Arizona Chemical, a world leader of bio-refined products, announced it has entered into an exclusive agreement with L.V. Lomas, Ltd., to expand its distribution…
AbitibiBowater has announced that it will change the Company name to Resolute Forest Products as of November 7, 2011. "We are changing our name to Resolute Forest Products to better reflect the fundamental characteristics of the Company we are today,…