by Working Forest | Apr 9, 2026 | News, Corporate, Mill Operations
International Paper has announced plans to construct a new $225 million sustainable packaging facility in Brandon, Rankin County, Mississippi — a board-approved greenfield investment that the Memphis-headquartered company says will modernize its corrugated packaging...
by Working Forest | Apr 7, 2026 | News, Labor And Unions, Mill Operations
Domtar will idle its Coosa Pines pulp mill in Talladega County, Alabama, by mid-May 2026 — a decision that marks the end of 75 years of continuous operation and eliminates 285 jobs from one of east Alabama’s most significant industrial employers. The pulp mill...
by Working Forest | Apr 6, 2026 | News, Corporate, Mill Operations
International Paper has announced plans to construct a new $225 million sustainable packaging facility in Brandon, Rankin County, Mississippi — a board-approved greenfield investment that the Memphis-headquartered company says will modernize its corrugated packaging...
by Working Forest | Apr 5, 2026 | Trade And Policy, Mill Operations
British Columbia’s forestry sector has been running at roughly 60 percent of its sustainable harvest capacity for years, starved of fibre as wildfire, insect outbreaks, and windstorms have consumed standing timber faster than it could be recovered. The...
by Working Forest | Mar 29, 2026 | News, Mill Operations, Trade And Policy
The federal government is placing a $115.2 million bet on timber production as the solution to two converging crises: a shortage of domestic sawmill capacity and a surge in catastrophic wildfires on national forest lands. On March 23, 2026, the USDA announced...
by Working Forest | Mar 26, 2026 | News, Corporate, Mill Operations
Work is moving again at the Dillard MDF site in southern Oregon. Roseburg Forest Products announced on March 4, 2026 that it has resumed construction on its Roseburg Dillard MDF restart — a $450 million plant that will produce medium density fiberboard and...
