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With the deadline looming for the province's largest pulp and paper mill to close an integral part of its operations, the union representing thousands of forestry sector workers is renewing its push for the government to let the mill build a controversial new wastewater treatment facility.
The job openings were announced as the company is in the midst of a $115 million investment at the plant in Fox Crossing, part of a commitment that the company made as the recipient of a $28 million package of state tax incentives in late 2018 to keep the plant open.
For forest products companies in the region, this represents a missing and critical potential resource of FSC-certified fiber.
The Company is planning to make the investment in either Ohio or Michigan, subject to a number of conditions, including environmental permitting and negotiations currently underway relative to government incentives and labor relations.
Verso Corp. plans to add products and increase production at its mill in Jay where about 500 people work.
Chile's CMPC tissue paper subsidiary Softys announced on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to buy Paraná, Brazil-based Sepac for a little over $300 million. The deal will create the largest company in this segment in Brazil.
WestRock Company has announced plans to sell its property in Newberg, Oregon.
The United Steelworkers (USW) union joined with several domestic paper producers in filing a request with the U.S. Department of Commerce to address the circumvention of existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on uncoated paper imports.
A $100,000 state grant announced Tuesday will pay for advanced manufacturing training for 25 employees at the Sappi paper mill in Cloquet.
Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd. has announced two week curtailments at its sawmill operations in Prince George, Vanderhoof and Fort St. James starting August 19.
Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) said on Tuesday its Italian unit has been fined €124 million as authorities in the country found that 50 paper and packaging groups had engaged in anti-competitive practices.
Warren County EMA and fire crews responded to the scene of a fire at the Georgia Pacific facility in Warrenton late Thursday night, Aug. 1.
Continued unfavorable conditions in the North American plywood market prompted the indefinite layoff of approximately 90 employees at the Roseburg Forest Products softwood plywood plant in Dillard, Oregon, on August 2, 2019.
Paper Excellence Powell River has announced an extension to the current curtailment of its paper operations.
Kamloops Fire and Rescue crews assisted crews from Domtar to fight a smoldering fire just west of the Mission Flats landfill Thursday.
Sappi Limited announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire the 270,000 tpa Matane high yield hardwood pulp mill from Rayonier Advanced Materials for US$175 million.
On Tuesday, Tolko informed its Kelowna employees that it would be taking downtime between August 6 and September 15.
Officials have given the all clear regarding the bomb threat at the Georgia Pacific facility west of Quanah and Loop 285 has been reopened.
Kimberly-Clark's Ingleburn Mill will close its doors for the last time at 7pm Wednesday in what has been described as "a sad day for Australian-made products".
A town councillor in Fort Frances wants the provincial government to reveal the details of an agreement the previous Liberal government struck with Resolute Forest Products.
A worker was killed and seven were injured on Saturday in a gas pipeline explosion at Partex Paper Mill at Rupganj in Narayanganj.
Two people were working with equipment on the roof when they were injured.
Canfor is extending the curtailment at the Taylor pulp mill into September.
A total of five fire engines and around 20 firefighters were sent to the blaze at the Townsend Hook paper mill in Mill Street, Snodland on Wednesday.
More than 1,000 people applied for the open positions at the Old Town mill, which was bought in October by ND Paper, a subsidiary of the Chinese company Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Ltd.
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