by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
Contract talks between Domtar and 550 Unifor members at the Dryden pulp mill and woodlands operations are headed to conciliation. Negotiations begin on Monday. Contract negotiations broke down in late January and Unifor then applied for conciliation for 225...
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
Do newer mass timber products hold the key to safer, taller wood buildings in the United States? The American Wood Council thinks so, and is partnering with the nation’s leading fire-protection group to find out. Jumpstarted by a $250,000 grant from the U.S....
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
On April 9th in Toronto at their annual general meeting the Ontario Professional Foresters Association presented awards to members who have made significant contributions to the forest industry. The following are this year’s award recipients. Mike Barker of Sault Ste....
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released its Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015), which presents updated projections for U.S. energy markets through 2040 based on six different cases that reflect updated scenarios for crude oil prices. The six cases...
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
It’s not stretching the point too far to say that 12 months of the year Weyerhaeuser in Columbus makes diapers, but one month out of the year it collects them, too. From March 4-25, employees at Columbus Cellulose Fibers and its Lowndes County partner Columbus...