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Maryland environmental officials said they are investigating a chemical leak from a recently shuttered paper mill on the Upper Potomac River that has discolored part of the river and could harm aquatic life.

The director of strategy for Global Win Capital, the subsidiary of Shanying International that owns Phoenix Paper, said it has stalled production at the paper mill until around Nov. 11.

DuPont de Nemours Inc. never intended to saddle its spinoff Chemours Co. with "unlimited exposure" to its liabilities, DuPont's former chief executive officer said.

At present, no one in the world can recycle fibres from blended fabrics on a large scale. Södra now has a unique solution that will enable circular flows in the fashion and textile industry.

Vote shows 99.6 percent of members opposed to proposed deal.

Beetles, tariffs and mill closures have cut into Canada's share of the U.S. lumber market, lifting prices by about a third over the past year and shifting even more logging to the U.S. Southeast.

There were no injuries in a fire at the Quad/Graphics plant in Sussex Thursday, Oct. 24, though five workers were evaluated and released.

UPM will strengthen its cost competitiveness and reduce its CO2 emissions by 5 % by investing in a Combined-Heat-Power (CHP) plant at its Nordland paper mill in Dörpen, Germany.

The Veritiv Operating Company has notified the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry that it plans to close its warehouse in Lemoyne on Dec. 31.

The Forests in Focus platform will optimize multiple public data sources to support sustainability commitments.

The restructuring agreement calls for a permanent reduction in the workforce at Spring Mill over the next several months. As part of this agreement, there will be a severance package offering for up to 50 employees based on seniority.

Norbord Inc. announced that effective mid-November, it will indefinitely curtail production on Line 1 of its two-line oriented strand board (OSB) mill in Cordele, Georgia until further notice.

Fortress Global Enterprises Inc. announces that the Toronto Stock Exchange has notified the Company that it is reviewing the eligibility of the Company's securities for continued listing on the TSX pursuant to the requirements of the TSX Company Manual.

Georgia-Pacific is idling two rural South Carolina facilities that employ 240 workers, blaming sluggish conditions in the U.S. home-building industry.

Stora Enso plans to make organizational changes in the Paper division following the Oulu Mill conversion at the end of 2020.

This initiative aims to reduce the impact of climate change by encouraging the use of paper bags, given it is a renewable and recyclable solution.

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They will be exiting the following segments of its specialty business: • Pressure Sensitive • Embedded Cards • Dimensional Items • Magnets.

Greif, Inc. announced that it is ceasing operations at its Number 1 paperboard machine at the Mobile Paperboard Mill in Mobile, Alabama.

Building on years of experience, the development journey towards a sustainable paper bottle first began in 2015 by innovation expert EcoXpac in collaboration with Carlsberg Group and BillerudKorsnäs, with support from project partners.

The company is expected to invest around $175 million (Euro 159.2 million) to build the plant.

The cause of a conveyor belt fire at the WestRock Paper Mill in West Point is under investigation.

Company blames decline in cedar supply and weak markets for byproducts.

LSC Communications announced that the company was honored with six awards in the 2019 'Golden Cylinder' Awards, an annual competition designed to identify the "Best of Gravure" in each segment of the printing industry and to distinguish technical innovations.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is investigating a broken pipe at Finch Paper that leaked about 2 million gallons of paper waste into the Hudson River late last month.