by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
Two American pulp and paper mill owners are charging ahead in their quest to have tariffs placed on supercalendered paper entering the U.S. from Port Hawkesbury Paper Corp. In a preliminary injury inquiry on Friday, American trade commission voted to refer the case to...
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
The Environment Department has received three appeals to the 2015 industrial approval for the Northern Pulp mill in Pictou County. Thursday marked the deadline to file an appeal. Appeals were submitted by the Pictou Landing First Nation, a community group called Clean...
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
The forestry industry has been credited as one of the bright spots during this financial downturn, especially in Alberta and economic developers want to know how. The Alberta Association of Economic Developers is holding its 2015 AGM in Kananaskis this week and one of...
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
A call for change was the message at the Council of Forest Industries convention this morning. The relationship between sawmill operations and the newest addition to forestry: bioenergy, was the focus of this morning’s panel at the convention. Everyone agrees, there...
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
Canadian lumber stocks have been in a major tailspin since mid-February, but it may be a while longer until they bottom, says Martin Roberge, portfolio strategist at Canaccord Genuity. “Do not chase down broken lumber stocks,” he said in a note to clients Thursday....
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
North America’s enormous conifer forests are being decimated by tiny beetles. About the size of a pencil eraser, bark beetles are native pests that have gotten carried away in recent years with help from climate change. They’ve killed 46 million acres of...
