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NewPage Corporation today announced that, based on its assessment of current market and economic conditions, it has decided to take downtime on both paper machines at its Port Hawkesbury mill in Nova Scotia, Canada. The downtime will begin September 10…
Tembec reached a settlement with its Matane high-yield pulp mill employees who, last night, voted to end the strike. Employees will return to work gradually as of August 22 and operations are expected to resume on September 11. Production at…
Already a Leader in Offering Environmentally and Socially Responsible Products, Domtar Will Increase Its Annual Sales of FSC-Certified Paper by More Than 150,000 Tons Marking a new milestone in environmental responsibility, Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) announced today a…
Monday, 18 July 2011 08:00

KM LNG to Purchase Eurocan Site

West Fraser today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its Eurocan site located in Kitimat, B.C. and related assets to KM LNG Operating General Partnership. The sale is expected to be completed later in 2011. “Further…
Both the Canadian Sustainable Forest Management Standard (CAN/CSA-Z809-08) and the Canadian Sustainable Forest Management for Woodlots and Other Small Area Forests (CAN/CSA-Z804-08) have been endorsed by PEFC International, the world's largest forest certification system announced today." "It is satisfying to…
Wednesday, 06 July 2011 09:09

Thurso Mill Looks to the Future

The installation of four 110-ton boilers on site at the Thurso pulp mill this week not only marks a crucial step in converting the mill to a full-time specialized dissolving pulp producer, it also marks the beginning of some other…
AbitibiBowater has announced that, with the proceeds from the sale of its 75% indirect interest in ACH Limited Partnership, the Company recently redeemed approximately $270 million of its debt. With these disbursements, AbitibiBowater's total debt has been reduced to a…
Wednesday, 29 June 2011 12:06

Canfor Pulp invests $10M in Innovation

 Joe Nemeth, President and CEO of Canfor Pulp Products Inc. which owns 49.8% of Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership, has announced three major new investments in innovation for the company in a ceremony opening the new Canfor Pulp Innovation Centre in…
Metso will supply advanced process and quality vision system, Metso PQV, to three Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership’s pulp mills (CPLP) in British Columbia, Canada. Metso PQV is using the most advanced high-resolution, high-speed digital imaging technology available on the market,…
Improves capacity utilization, profitability and return on invested capitalExpect to generate $30 million cash benefit from closureExpect non-cash impairment charge of $15 million and $5 million restructuring costs Buckeye Technologies Inc. has announced plans to close its Delta, B.C., Canada…
New Tool Shares Environmental and Social Impacts of Making Domtar Paper, Discloses Successes and Challenges A new environmental tool from Domtar Corporation offers customers the ability to view the environmental impacts of specific paper grades, providing unmatched transparency among today's…
Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc., and Hercules Incorporated, a subsidiary of Ashland Inc., has announced that they have entered into a joint development agreement for CRAiLEXä high-grade dissolving pulp. CRAiLEX is the brand name for the purified pulp created from a…
Domtar Corporation is proud and honored to announce today that it has been selected as one of the Top Three of the 50 Best Corporate Citizens in Canada by Corporate Knights. Corporate Knights is an independent and top-ranked Canadian-based media…
AbitibiBowater has announced the closing of the sale of its 75% indirect interest in ACH Limited Partnership ("ACH LP") to a consortium formed by a major Canadian institutional investor and a private Canadian renewable energy company. "With the sale of…
The Prince Albert Pulp Mill is open for the first time in five years and moving toward a full restart of pulp operations. Except this time, the mill will be making dissolving pulp instead of kraft. Paper Excellence has finalized…