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James McSwiney, the longtime CEO and chairman of Mead Corp., died Tuesday at his home in Sea Island, Georgia. McSwiney was 100.

Federal regulators have opened an investigation into the accident that critically injured a longshoreman aboard a ship at the Weyerhaeuser Co. log dock Tuesday.

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Even if Resolute wins in court, many members of the public will see the issue as a sign that big companies can bully environmental activists, so both Resolute and the industry as whole will suffer. The litigation will probably benefit Greenpeace, since it will be used as a fund raiser.

While the demand for heavy duty paper bags produced by processing kraft paper is decreasing on a long-term basis, the demand for paper bags for food remains generally strong, the company said.

The transaction is expected to close on or before July 8, 2016.

SCA announced that it will close its tissue production plant in Sant Joan de Mediona, Spain.

Weyerhaeuser says it will continue to operate three mills in Montana.

Antti Jääskeläinen has been appointed Executive Vice President responsible for UPM Raflatac as of 1 July 2016.

In its ruling issued this week, the Helsinki District Court dismissed Metsähallitus' claim for damages against Stora Enso Oyj, Metsäliitto Cooperative and UPM-Kymmene Oyj.

Cascades Inc. plans to close its de-inked pulp mill in Auburn on July 15, laying off 45 employees at the facility that uses recycled paper to make packaging and tissue products.

OX Industries says it has purchased Philadelphia, PA-based equipment maker, Paco Winders Manufacturing, Inc.

Universal Forest Products Inc. said it is acquiring an Idaho-based distributor of products for building materials retailers and the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle industries.

The 38-year-old woman was working as a labourer in the paper mill where she was allegedly raped and murdered on Friday.

Business in Vancouver's 2016 list of the top 100 public companies in British Columbia reveals the stellar year enjoyed by the province's forestry companies in 2015.

Nippon Paper says it won't lay off employees when it buys Weyerhaeuser Co.'s liquid packaging plant in Longview this fall.

Soon, palm oil and forestry resource companies will be forbidden from starting any activities on any of their concessions that are idle, as the government plans to expand a moratorium on peatland use in a bid to curb the annual land and forest fires.

Talks between the United States and Canada on a long-running dispute over softwood lumber exports have bogged down amid "significant differences," the two nations said on Friday, potentially paving the way for a fresh round of lawsuits.

The plant will be close to industrial size and will be located at Sappi's Ngodwana Mill in South Africa. Start-up of the new plant is scheduled for the beginning of 2017.

CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. says it has closed on its single, largest timberlands purchase since its listing on the NYSE -- the acquisition of 51,700 acres of prime timberlands in South Carolina for $100.7 million, excluding closing costs, in an off-market transaction from funds managed by Forest Investment Associates.

Marc Dube of Port Hawkesbury Paper said this week that poor market conditions for printing and writing-grade paper has led to the week-long shutdown.