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Three workers died of asphyxia in a paper mill in the Site area of Hyderabad on Saturday, 24 Dec 2016.

Södra's exports of sawn timber to Poland have increased 150 percent in 2016. Although Poland is not an entirely new market for Södra, it has grown rapidly in recent years and is interesting from various perspectives.

Valmet will supply an automation system for Kemira's new sodium chlorate production line under construction in Joutseno, Finland.

The Alberta government is making Domtar and other companies clean up the site of a former wood treatment facility in northeast Edmonton that could become a residential development.

An early morning fire at the Huhtamaki facility resulted in an evacuation and partial road closure Monday morning.

Firefighters from Forney and Terrell extinguished a fire at the Smurfit Kappa paper mill on Friday night.

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The Finnish tax authority has requested Valmet to pay additional taxes, late payment interest and penalties in total of EUR 19 million.

Belgium's Ontex Group NV is in advanced talks to buy the diapers business of Hypermarcas SA, Brazil's most diversified pharmaceutical firm, the companies said.

SCA has decided to discontinue its hygiene business in India.

Fortress Paper Ltd. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Chadwick Wasilenkoff for his continued role as Executive Chairman of the Company on a full-time basis.

J.D. Irving Ltd. has applied for approval to install a new effluent treatment system at its pulp mill at Lake Utopia but it's not clear what difference it will make to the Bay of Fundy estuary it flows into.

Kimberly-Clark Corp and competitor CMPC allegedly fixed prices for diaper products in Chile between 2002 and 2009, according to a document sent to the nation's competition regulator, daily newspaper La Tercera reported on Tuesday.

Mondi Ltd. said Monday that Russian anti-monopoly regulators have terminated their investigation into unit Mondi Syktyvkar due to the absence of a dominating market position of the unit during the investigation period.

A former Georgia-Pacific worker was sentenced Thursday to 68 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and three counts of money laundering.

Glatfelter announced that Senior Vice President of Human Resources & Administration, William T. Yanavitch II, will retire from the company, effective March 31, 2017.

When crews arrived, the sprinkler fire system had knocked down most of the fire. Firefighters found fire and heavy smoke in the ventilation system and was able to extinguish the fire quickly.

With its Merritt mill now closed, Tolko remains open to selling the site, but is not actively trying to sell the property.

Svenska Cellulosa AB will acquire BSN Medical for 2.74 billion euros ($2.9 billion) as the Swedish maker of Velvet tissues expands into wound care and orthopedics ahead of a planned split from forestry products.

Clearwater Paper Corporation announced it has acquired Manchester Industries of Richmond, Virginia, a leading, independently-owned paperboard sales, sheeting and distribution supplier to the packaging and commercial print industries.