Forestry
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Cut more timber to fight pine beetle: BC report
70% of Central Interior’s marketable timber decimated by 2021 if action not taken.
Nine Sask. bands invest in renewable energy project
Meadow Lake Bioenergy Centre will run on sawmill flotsam.
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Sino-Forest set to sell off assets, fails to find qualified bidder
Troubled Chinese forestry company is going ahead with restructuring plant so creditors can acquire company assets.
Troubled Sino-Forest set for restructuring
Chinese forestry company says outstanding notes will be sold to a third party.
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For sale: Catalyst Paper
Insolvent forestry company gets court approval for sale; seeks takeover proposals.
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RCMP faces hurdles in Sino-Forest investigation
Logistics are hampering fraud investigation as operations and chief executives are based in China
Cascades closes Burnaby containerboard mill
Cascades Inc. is closing its Norampac containerboard mill in Burnaby BC, blaming high operating costs and a high dollar.
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Tembec secures $75-million loan for capital investment at Temiscaming plant
Forest products producer could invest more than $300 million by 2015 to modernize plant
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Ontario wraps up decade-long industrial dispute
Ruling in First Nations case could have implications for future logging and mining in Ontario
Forestry Industry: $100M for innovation from IFIT program
Canada’s forestry industry now has a $100 million fund available to it for the development of innovative bio projects and technologies that can be integrated with current forestry operations. The federal government Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) program announced…
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Forestry industry banks on bio-age
Companies can convert wood fibre from forest waste into bio-chemicals and alternative fuels. Photo: iStockphoto The economy may be on the mend, but Canada’s battered forest industry continues to struggle. The recession didn’t help but forestry’s declining fortunes were well…
Grant Forest acquisitions clear competition bureau
ATLANTA: The Canadian Competition Bureau has declared Georgia-Pacific Corp.’s potential acquisition of some Grant Forest Products facilities in Ontario and South Carolina pose no competitive risk. Georgia-Pacific, an Atlanta-based manufacturer of building products, tissue, packaging, paper, cellulose and related chemicals,…
