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The talks between Clearwater Paper and union leaders have been going on for months. But they didn't become public until union members protested near the company's Lewiston site in April.

Cascades has garnered a number of awards in recent weeks for its leadership and its innovative practices in sustainable development.

Agreement Reached with Interfor to Acquire Vavenby Forest Tenure

Fire officials said the fire started on a baler machine. It was contained before it was able to spread.

West Fraser announced temporary production curtailments during which all mill activities will be curtailed for one week in June at five British Columbia sawmills: Chetwynd, Quesnel, Williams Lake, Smithers and Fraser Lake.

The future for nearly 500 workers at the Arjowiggins Stoneywood plant was plunged into doubt in January after its parent company failed to sell it.

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SCA acquired 93% of the shares in Forestum Group AB, a Swedish company which owns forest and land assets in Estonia, totalling approximately 10,000 hectares.

Norbord has resumed production at its OSB mill in High Level, Alberta earlier this week after the evacuation order for the town of High Level was lifted, company announced.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation has acquired a Green Bay, Wisconsin-based prefinished siding company, namely Prefinished Staining Product Incorporated ("PSPI").

SCA recently acquired 10,000 hectares of forest in Latvia.

Tolko's Athabasca OSB division in Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada, has temporarily suspended operations as the Province has issued an eight-hour evacuation alert for the town.

Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP), further to the Company's news release dated November 9, 2018, announces that it has completed the first phase purchase of 49% of Elliott Sawmilling Co. Inc. ("Elliott").

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The shareholders of Bergvik Skog AB, a Swedish forest holding company, have finalised the previously announced restructuring of its ownership.

As previously communicated, BillerudKorsnäs has entered into an agreement with all shareholders of Bergvik Skog AB concerning a split of Bergvik Skog AB's forest assets.

Adam Vaughan, Member of Parliament for Spadina-Fort York, on behalf of the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, announced a $4.1-million investment to build a 10-storey tall wood building in Toronto.

A fire that broke out at the Georgia-Pacific particle board facility Wednesday in Thomson caused significant damage to the facility.

Amcor plc will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "AMCR" and on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ticker symbol "AMC".

Smurfit Kappa has been awarded with the 'Transforming Innovation' award from Kellogg´s, in the Americas.

The first roll of bleached hardwood pulp was safely produced through the diligent effort of the mill team, the company said.

In times gone by (and, sadly, to some extent still today) procurement has been prone to a considerable amount of graft and general corruption. For party of the first part is trying to persuade party of the second part to buy certain goods and services. Procurement officers are fiduciarily charged with getting the best deal for their companies. Sellers are taught to get the order. Less than sterling ethics on either side can corrupt the process and unfairly cheat one party, often the buyer, with inflated prices, shoddy goods or services and less than maximum value.

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Pekka Kittilä has been appointed as Technical Director of Metsä Group's Kemi bioproduct mill pre-engineering project.

Interfor announced plans to temporarily reduce production across its operating platform in the BC Interior during the month of June 2019 due to a combination of weak lumber prices and continuing high log costs.

U.S. Congressman David Trone and U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) released the below statement following their call on Friday with Verso Interim CEO Les Lederer.