by Working Forest | Oct 15, 2015 | Archives
The Northern Pulp mill has been charged under Environment Canada’s Fisheries Act with releasing pulp and paper effluent into water inhabited by fish. On June 10, 2014, a leak in an effluent pipe forced a shutdown of the Pictou County mill. That pipe carries...
by Working Forest | Oct 15, 2015 | Archives
What was to be a routine maintenance shutdown for the Chetwynd Mechanical Pulp Mill in northeastern B.C. will now be a longer closure because of poor market conditions. The mill had only reopened in the spring with a $50-million upgrade, after Paper Excellence Canada...
by Working Forest | Oct 14, 2015 | Archives
The United States Department of Commerce will announce Wednesday afternoon whether it will uphold a 20.33 per cent tariff on imports from Port Hawkesbury Paper LP. The ruling has the ability to significantly affect the competitiveness of the Point Tupper mill’s...
by Working Forest | Oct 14, 2015 | Archives
Officials in Canada and the United States appear to have resumed the acrimonious softwood trade dispute just where they left off in 2006 — with both sides blaming each other for failing to kick start negotiations. A British Columbia government official said Tuesday...
by Working Forest | Oct 14, 2015 | Archives
British Columbia lumber companies woke up Tuesday morning with Martin Luther King Jr.’s words echoing in their ears: “Let freedom ring.” As in free trade with the U.S. The best-of-a-bad-situation Softwood Lumber Agreement expired Monday, so all the quotas and export...
by Working Forest | Oct 14, 2015 | Archives
A Fort Frances city official said he doesn’t know if the Resolute Forest Products Inc. mill is being sold, but the company, which manufactures pulp and paper, is having ongoing talks with an unknown entity.The official declined comment, as did Seth Kursman, Resolute’s...
