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Resolute Forest Products Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Garneau today reaffirmed the company's support of free, unencumbered access for softwood lumber exports from Central Canada (Quebec and Ontario) to the United States.

A subcontractor employee killed last week while on the job at the WestRock Co. plant in Covington died from blunt force trauma to the neck and chest, an autopsy has determined.

Weyerhaeuser, one of Washington's oldest and most valuable companies, marked a new chapter in its 116-year history Monday by opening a new, urban "tree fort" headquarters in Seattle's Pioneer Square, a dramatic shift after decades nestled in the forested suburbs.

An employee of Valmet's subcontractor was severely injured and died.

Bemis has announced plans to invest $8 million in equipment upgrades at their plant in Centerville, Iowa. Beginning at the end of 2016, work will begin to install a new 10-color press that will improve capacity and efficiency for both customers and employees.

A spokesperson for Expera Specialty Solutions said employees were evaluated for smoke inhalation following a fire Wednesday morning.

NCR Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP, and P.H. Glatfelter Company must continue and complete the cleanup ongoing work in the Fox River under a set of prior court rulings, according to Wyn Hornbuckle, spokesman for the U.S. Dept. of Justice.

UPM Raflatac announced that it is strengthening its position by building a new coating line at the Wroclaw, Poland label stock factory.

Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has donated $50,000 to the American Red Cross to aid in Hurricane Matthew relief efforts in the Southeast.

Employees of the Verso Paper Co. in West Duluth again implored city council members Monday night to reconsider their decision last month to triple a local electric franchise fee it charges.

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. has provided an update about operations following Hurricane Matthew, which affected the entire US Southeastern coast, passing near the Company's Fernandina Beach, Fla. facility.

The Board of Directors of Deltic Timber Corporation has announced the retirement of Ray C. Dillon as the company's President and CEO.

Contamination from toxic sludge pits next to the San Jacinto River in Houston was not the fault of the paper mill that produced the waste, a state appeals court ruled.

Packaging Corporation of America announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Columbus Container, Inc., an independent corrugated products producer, in a cash-free, debt-free transaction for a cash purchase price of $100 million.

Weyerhaeuser Company announced on Wednesday the exploration of strategic alternatives for its timberlands and manufacturing operations in Uruguay. The company intends to consider a broad range of alternatives, including continuing to hold and operate the business, or a sale.

South Africa's Mondi has signed an agreement to acquire Beepack from a private investor for 41 million euros ($46 million) as part of plans to expand its packaging business, the paper group said on Monday.

WestRock on Thursday announced a $48 million expansion of its corrugated box operations in Sioux City.

An employee was fatally injured while working at a WestRock Co. facility in Covington early Thursday.

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Appvion's Roaring Spring pulp and paper mill will conduct a celebration event at the mill on Friday, October 7 beginning at 10 a.m. to observe the 150th anniversary of the founding of the mill.

Last week, Tranlin Inc. announced that it was moving forward with its $2 billion paper mill in eastern Chesterfield. But one of the permits that Tranlin, a subsidiary of China-based Shandong Tranlin Paper Co., will need to secure involves a complicated and somewhat untested system of trading pollution credits for nutrient contamination allowed into the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding waters.

Praxair, Inc., through its Brazilian subsidiary White Martins, has signed a long-term agreement expanding its supply of oxygen to Fibria Celulose S/A in Três Lagoas, Brazil.

An Atlanta judge sided with environmental groups in ruling that a pulp mill in Southeast Georgia discharges too much pollution into the Altamaha River, known fondly as "the Little Amazon."