A West Quebec community fears the loss of 300 jobs on July 31 if a sawmill that is a major employer can’t reach an agreement with the Quebec government. Lauzon Distinctive Hardwood Flooring Inc. has told employees it will have to close its plant in Thurso, east of Gatineau, if it cannot negotiate a return to a higher wood quota. The…
INTERFOR CORPORATION (“Interfor” or the “Company”) (IFP) announced today it has completed the acquisition of a sawmill in Monticello, Arkansas from The Price Companies, Inc., thereby increasing its annual lumber production capacity to 3.2 billion board feet, of which over 40% is in the US South. “We are pleased to extend our US South footprint…
Western Forest Products is spending $30 million — most of it in Nanaimo — to upgrade three Vancouver Island sawmills. Lee Doney, company chairman, said today at the Duke Point mill: “Our harvesting strategies and continued demand for our western red cedar and specialty lumber products allows us to make the needed strategic capital investment…
A few years ago, the future of the Resolute Forest Products pulp and paper mill here was shaky as it grappled with a downturn in business. But on Monday, company officials said they plan to invest $270 million in a major expansion at the mill, the second in a year, and hire 105 more workers….
The Northern Pulp mill in Pictou County will return to production by the end of the month, according to the company’s communication manager. The mill shut down on May 30 to install a ten-storey precipitator to meet air pollution reductions demanded by the Nova Scotia government. Northern Pulp will install the equipment after a 15 day maintenance…
The manager of a wood pellet plant on the Northern Peninsula says a 2014 government loan was necessary even though the plant didn’t operate. Holson Forest Products owns the Roddickton plant, which was built in 2011 and was supposed to provide jobs for residents of the area. Holson Forest Products owns the wood pellet plant in Roddickton, on Newfoundland’s Northern…
The Northern Pulp Mill in Pictou County, N.S. is about to shutdown temporarily for changes aimed at bringing it in-line with pollution standards, but opposition groups say the timing still stinks. Starting Saturday, the mill at Abercrombie Point will undergo a “maintenance shutdown” as crews install a precipitator. The company says the ten-storey piece of…
On Thursday morning, acting environment minister Mark Furey issued an order stating Northern Pulp is not allowed to restart operations until its new precipitator is up and running. On Thursday afternoon, Northern Pulp general manager Bruce Chapman said the Pictou County mill was never planning to restart until after the machinery that removes harmful particles…
United Steelworkers official Adam Connell is seeking names for a petition calling for a public inquiry into the sawmill blasts that took place at Lakeland Mills and Babine Forest Products. So far Connell, who is in Prince George this week, has gathered 5,200 names and aims to have 10,000 by the time it’s presented to…
Catalyst Paper, the owner / operator of the Crofton Pulp Mill, has announced a major financial commitment to a similar facility located south of the border. The company made the announcement May 21, saying it would inject nearly $16 million into the Rumford Pulp and Paper Mill located in Rumford, Maine. This is a planned…