Archive for July, 2012
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Filed under: Dissolving Pulp
Lenzing Signs Deal To Increase Dissolving Pulp Cooperation
by Trevor J. Murphy on Jul 31st, 2012
A new multi-year contract signed this month solidified a continuing relationship between Lenzing AG and Sappi Ltd. in the dissolving pulp sector. The deal outlines a plan whereby Lenzing – a company that specializes in manufacturing man-made cellulose fibres – will procure dissolving pulp from Sappi in order to manufacture its products. According to a press release issued by Lenzing, the deal “intensifies a long-time cooperation between ...Read More » Tags
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Terrace Bay Mill Purchased To Produce Dissolving Pulp
by Trevor J. Murphy on Jul 24th, 2012
A pulp mill in Terrace Bay has found a new lease on life thanks to its new owner who intends to transform the facility into a dissolving pulp plant. Indian-owned Aditya Birla Group purchased the northwestern Ontario mill earlier this month through its Canadian subsidiary AV Group. The reported price of purchase for the idled mill was $110 million, according to Pulp and Paper Canada, though the company will invest nearly $250 million more to co...Read More » Tags
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Resolute Reaches 10.3 Million Hectares of Certified Forests
by Trevor J. Murphy on Jul 19th, 2012
Following a recent certification of a section of forestlands in Québec, Resolute Forest Products became the largest manager of FSC certified forests in North America this week. Under the new agreement, Resolute now manages a total of 10.3 million hectares (25.6 million acres) on the continent, an area twice the size of Nova Scotia and larger than Portugal, Hungary or South, Korea reported Pulp And Paper Canada. “Becoming the world's larg...Read More » Tags
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Forestry Deal Places Value On Sustainability, Ecology
by Trevor J. Murphy on Jul 6th, 2012
Several forest industry and conservation groups have developed a plan that would encourage sustainable harvesting and ecological protection in Ontario. According to the Globe & Mail, the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CFBA) outlines a plan in which “some 835,000 hectares in the Abitibi River forest – an area roughly the size of Yellowstone Park in the U.S. – will be excluded from timber harvesting in order to protect the threatene...Read More » Tags
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