Kruger Packaging L.P. today announced an investment of $250 million to convert the No. 10 Newsprint Machine (PM10) at Kruger’s Trois-Rivières Mill to manufacture 100% recycled lightweight linerboard. This major project, to be carried out with the support of the Government of Québec, was announced in the presence of Philippe Couillard, Premier of Québec; Laurent Lessard,…
Resolute Forest Products Inc. today announced that a U.S. federal court has ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to try again to provide “a reasoned and coherent treatment” of its decision implementing an order to collect taxes on softwood lumber shipments in the United States. On September 9, 2015, the court granted part of…
The number of forest fires in Ontario this year is more than double last year, but still remains well below the average fire season for the province, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. The Ministry said 617 fires have burned across Ontario so far this season. In 2014, the total was 297 fires….
Christmas will arrive early for American buyers of Canadian softwood lumber. The nine-year-old Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Agreement expires shortly. Hamstrung by a 12-month standstill agreement, the U.S. cannot invoke any surprise emergency trade measures in the interim. A wall of wood, gift-wrapped in devalued Canadian mill wrap, inevitably will surge south. Lumber is accumulating at…
The Newfoundland and Labrador Forestry Service is proposing an amendment to the Five Year plan for Forest Management District 2, to accommodate a commercial harvesting request. The request for the amendment was registered with the Department of Environment on Aug. 28, and public comments are welcomed until Oct. 5. The minister’s decision is due by…
An innovative Christchurch start-up has signed a lucrative agreement with a Canadian company for its laminated timber technology. The deal could see a product developed by Prestressed Timber after the Canterbury earthquakes used in buildings throughout North America. The firm is part owned by the University of Canterbury, where the technology that uses pinus radiata…
The B.C. government is investing $2.2 million in the Wood First program to promote the use of B.C. wood both locally and internationally, and help advance innovative wood-building systems and value-added wood products. The funding is being awarded to six industry trade associations and institutions with proven records in research, development and marketing of wood…
Firefighters were working to ensure that California’s famed giant sequoias were protected as a wildfire in the state continued to burn and threaten the land on which the majestic trees stand. The Rough Fire has grown to more than 100,000 acres in Central California, fire officials said in a Friday morning update. Andy Isolano, a Clovis…
Soon after Prem Watsa — the investor known as Canada’s Warren Buffett — became the largest shareholder of Tembec Inc., the bond market started betting creditors may be taking over instead. The forestry firms’ bonds plummeted to about 68 cents on the dollar after the Montreal-based company warned that if its earnings continue to fall it could breach…
Grassy Narrows First Nation, in northwestern Ontario, is taking legal action Monday to stop Ontario’s plan to allow logging near the community’s traditional territory. Research shows that clear cutting can release methylmercury — a neurotoxin — into the environment, a pressing concern among Grassy Narrows residents already suffering mercury poisoning. Chief Roger Fobister said the court action is…