Operations News

Mercer International, provides the following update to its press release of July 1, 2022 regarding a fire which occurred in the wood chip storage area at our Stendal pulp mill.

An ammonia leak from a tank at McKinley Paper mill was isolated in a containment area and did not drain into water or the environment, said Capt. Kelly Ziegler of the Port Angeles Fire Department.

No injuries were reported and the fire was contained to the site of origin.

There has been a fatal incident at the Kemi bioproduct mill site of Metsä Fibre. The accident took place at the installation site of the recovery boiler in the forenoon, the 25th of June, 2022.

The Zachary Police Department was called to a fire at the Georgia-Pacific Corporation around 3 a.m. on Tuesday, June 28.

The cause of a fire Tuesday afternoon, June 21, at the Newport Containerboard Mill in Vermillion County is under investigation. That facility is operated by International Paper.

The fire had no known causalities but did send a firefighter to the hospital.

Over 30 firefighters from several localities put out a fire at the WestRock paper mill early Tuesday morning.

A smoky fire broke out at the paper mill in Madawaska causing workers to evacuate Friday evening, June 24.

Mercer International Inc. is deeply saddened to announce that an employee has passed away at its Rosenthal mill in Germany on June 25, 2022. Mercer and local authorities conducted an investigation and so far determined that the tragic loss was not work related.

Sonoco announced that Rob Dillard, who most recently served as the Company's Chief Strategy Officer, has been named Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1, 2022.

Mercer International Incorporated said an independent contractor's employee working at the Peace River Pulp Mill was killed Saturday, June 11.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Smurfit Kappa has resumed some operations at a packaging plant in central England after a large fire ripped through the facility overnight, according to the local fire service.

Södra is now increasing the production capacity of OnceMore tenfold to produce as much as 6,000 tones per year of wood-based, recycled textile pulp at Södra Cell Mörrum in Sweden. The world's first large-scale process for recycling textile waste from blended fabrics enters Phase 2 of its development in June.

The Ministry of Labour, Skills and Training Development is investigating the circumstances between two workers suffering serious injuries on June 3 at Kenora's Weyerhaeuser Mill.

The whistle has blown at the Panama City Paper Mill for the last time.

A man was killed after being pinned between a trailer and a loading dock in Harmar Township on June 7.

Four contractors at West Fraser's Cariboo Pulp and Paper mill in Quesnel were sent to G.R. Baker Hospital after a brief exposure to a by-product of the manufacturing process.

Canfor Corporation is announcing the continuation of reduced operating schedules at its Western Canadian sawmills due to the ongoing global supply chain challenges. The Company has been operating at approximately 80% of production capacity since late March 2022.

A supply chain backlog and rail car shortage will continue to trouble the Taylor mill through summer and likely into the fall.

Tolko can confirm that at 5 a.m. MT on May 20, 2022, a fire started at Tolko's High Prairie division. The mill was evacuated, and the local fire department worked to extinguish the fire. All employees have been accounted for; one employee was injured and sent to hospital, and they are now recovering.

The blaze broke out Sunday morning, May 15, in a kiln, then spread to a second kiln.

Workers had to be evacuated from the building but were released back to work following the incident.

Crews fought the blaze for more than five hours. According to officials, they tried to work quickly as to contain the fire from the nearby lumber yard.