Forestry
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One year since new softwood duties, Canadian industry doing fine
Predictions of widespread job loss and mill closures haven’t materialized.
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Mackenzie Pulp Mill fined $900,000 for leaking effluent into BC lake
Two incidents involving discharge coming from the mill that was found to be harmful to fish.
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Guitar makers hit hard by new regulations on prized rosewood
Rules adopted to thwart the flow of smuggled rosewood to China’s luxury furniture manufacturers.
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WTO creates two dispute settlement panels to review US softwood lumber duties
One will cover the Canadian dispute, the other US use of differential pricing in its anti-dumping determinations.
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Softwood lumber exports to US fall 20% in March amid railway woes
Total Canadian shipments in the first three months were down 17.4%.
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Half Alberta’s boreal forest could disappear due to fires and climate change
Research gives a glimpse at how vegetation could change based on the current rate of carbon emissions.
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US hits Canadian forestry industry with more duties
US department of Commerce claims Canadian exporters underpriced uncoated groundwood paper by between 0 and 22.16%.
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Smithers to redevelop particle board facility to produce pellets
Redeveloped site will have an annual production capacity of 125,000 tonnes.
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Putin boasts of new weapons, vows to boost living Russian standards
Speech was timed to closely precede the March 18 election, in which he’s set to easily win a fourth term.
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Lumber producers buoyant about 2018 as duties expected keep prices high
US housing starts beat expectations, repair and remodelling markets to remain robust.
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Assessment of Nova Scotia mill’s effluent plan according to rules:deputy
Northern Pulp has until 2020 to replace its current effluent treatment plant in Boat Harbour near Pictou.
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Feds open to helping newsprint producers slapped with US tariff
Carr okay with a global approach similar to what the Liberal government did for the softwood lumber industry.
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Truck driver shortages hitting Canada’s forest products sector
Shortage can be addressed by better working conditions and compensation: USW.
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Canada to US: Give us a softwood deal, and we may drop WTO case
Lighthizer called it a massive attack on the American system of international trade.
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Resolute and FPInnovations invest $21M in bio-chemicals from wood pilot
Converts wood chips to a sugar stream and a hydrolysis lignin stream but does not produce pulp.
