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Butane gas was detected in the air at Saint John's Irving Paper mill on Wednesday night, leading to the evacuation and shut down of mill operations, and the neighboring Irving Wallboard facility.

Sappi says it's expanding its container board product range and with Fusion Uncoated, which offers an uncoated fresh fibre liner in the corrugated board market.

NEW YORK (News release) -- Notice is hereby given that Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, case No. :17-cv-01812, on behalf of shareholders of Deltic Timber Corp. who have been harmed by Deltic's and its board of directors' alleged violations of Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") in connection with the proposed merger of the Company with a subsidiary of Potlatch Corporation.

In a victory for Norpac -- and potential blow to local newspapers -- the U.S. Department of Commerce announced Tuesday that it will start imposing preliminary antidumping and countervailing duties on Canadian paper producers.

Newsprint is the latest Canadian product to be hit with preliminary countervailing duties by the United States. The U.S. Department of Commerce slapped an overall tariff of 6.53 percent on about 25 Canadian facilities, mostly in Quebec and Ontario, following an investigation that began in August 2017.

Of the 93 companies from around the world selected for the index, six are from South America and only three are Brazilian

Flambeau River Papers in Park Falls was forced to layoff 82 off their 300 employees.

Wangqiu Song has been appointed President, Metsä Group China and Asia.

Valmet has introduced a predictive tool for detecting recovery boiler leaks - Valmet Recovery Boiler Leak Detector.

Wet and mild weather in the fall and early winter has led to a shortage of pulpwood in late 2017 and early 2018.

WestRock Company announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Plymouth Packaging, Inc.

Flambeau River Papers is ceasing production of commodity grade papers...

Ron Van Den Heuvel will spend three years in prison for using straw borrowers to defraud Horicon Bank and three credit unions.

Mercer International Inc. announced that Adolf Koppensteiner has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective January 1, 2018.

PaperWorks Industries has invested $3 million in a new warehouse for its Wabash, Indiana paperboard mill. The new facility is expected to be operational during the first quarter of 2018.

In autumn 2017, 6.7 million seedlings from Södra were planted. This represents an increase of 600,000 seedlings compared with autumn planting in 2016, and 1.9 million compared with 2015. In 2017, Södra supplied a total of 36.3 million seedlings.

The Commerce Department announced slightly reduced initial rates Wednesday for producers West Fraser Timber Co. and Canfor Corp., with combined duties of 23.6 percent and 20.5 percent respectively. Duties for Resolute Forest Products Inc. and Tolko Marketing and Sales Ltd. were unchanged.

I mentioned last week how we may be entering a period of shortage of goods and services required for capital projects. I have seen this happen several times in the past, and for the uninitiated, a story and a couple of comments may be instructive...

Ron Van Den Heuvel is scheduled to be sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in October to a count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

Albury's Norske Skog paper mill will stop production during peak power demands to help avoid major summer blackouts.

International Paper announced that it has completed the transfer of its North America Consumer Packaging business to Graphic Packaging.

Sonoco has introduced its SoftPeel™ membrane, a new closure option for cans that delivers improved cut-finger protection, printable billboarding space, and a more natural look and feel than all-foil options.