Operations News

Conifex Timber Inc. has taken the decision to temporarily curtail its Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada, sawmill operations for two weeks commencing July 29, 2019, due to continued high log costs and lumber market conditions.

Crews with the Putnam County Fire and Rescue Department (PCFR) are working to determine what caused an incident at a paper manufacturing mill in Putnam County on Wednesday, July 17.

The Brooks County Fire Department says the Rayonier Chip Mill suffered major damage in a Sunday morning fire.

Kamloops Fire and Rescue crews assisted crews from Domtar to fight a smoldering fire just west of the Mission Flats landfill Thursday (July 1).

Some workers at Georgia-Pacific's Palatka mill took refuge Wednesday after a toxic gas leak at the facility.

A worker was killed and seven were injured in a gas pipeline explosion at Partex Paper Mill at Rupganj in Narayanganj.

SCA has appointed Katarina Nilsson new Senior Vice President Legal Affairs and General Counsel.

A packaging company has revealed more information about a fire which destroyed 30 tonnes of paper.

Stora Enso is investing Euro 10 million to build a pilot facility for producing bio-based carbon materials based on lignin.

On Tuesday, Tolko informed its Kelowna employees that it would be taking downtime between August 6 and September 15.

Two people were hurt at a LSC Communications facility and sent to the hospital.

Western Forest Products Inc. ("Western") announced a temporary curtailment at its Ladysmith sawmill in Canada in part due to action taken by the United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 ("USW") which has impeded log supply to the mill.

A northwest Louisiana coroner says a 43-year-old man has died of injuries from an industrial explosion late last month.

A worker at Interfor Corp.'s Gilchrist sawmill, in northern Klamath County, died following injuries sustained after a fall while he was on the job, according to Andrew Horahan, vice president of western operations at Interfor.

These funds will be used to secure additional wood fibre inventory for the Fortress Specialty Cellulose mill (the "FSC Mill").

A man was airlifted to the hospital after being burned at International Paper in Cantonment.

Lincoln Parish Sheriff deputies and firefighters responded to an explosion call at the Roseburg Forest Products Plant in Simsboro.

Port Hawkesbury Paper did not lose any production time despite a fire in one of its massive wood silos last month, a company official says.

Catalyst Powell River has announced a temporary 17-day curtailment of its paper operations in Powell River.

A maintenance employee with Sonoco of Hartsville is in the hospital Wednesday (3 July) with a severe arm injury after being hurt on the job, according to Sonoco Director of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations Brian Risinger.

An Amsterdam-based printing company is cutting 88 jobs in Queensbury and an Atlanta-based packaging company is cutting 57 jobs in Amsterdam, state regulatory notices indicate.

This is due to a significant deterioration in market conditions, in combination with fibre supply constraints and higher fibre costs resulting from recent sawmill curtailments across the BC industry.

Two firefighters had to be rushed to hospital after working to put out a blaze at Port Hawkesbury Paper in Point Tupper, N.S.

The funding was awarded to projects including process development in the pulp industry, recycling textiles and controlling pulpwood flows.