Forestry

Budding wood pellet producer Rentech Inc. is counting on a new Quebec City marine terminal to be an important logistical cornerstone of its Wawa operation.

Shuniah Forest Products of Thunder Bay was named a two-time winner at the Workplace Safety North awards dinner and annual general meeting held in North Bay, Sept. 17.

A shuttered former Tembec sawmill in Mattawa has been sold to a southern Ontario green-tech startup company.

The provincial government and Ontario Power Generation announced Sept. 10 that the former coal-burning Atikokan Generating Station is now producing electricity using wood pellet fuel.

Unifor has reached a long-term contract with Kenora Forests Products to restart sawmill operations by the beginning of 2015.

Resolute Forest Products has been fined $55,000 after a worker was injured at its Fort Frances paper mill in 2012. The company pleaded guilty in a Provincial Offences Court in Fort Frances, July 25.

A British Columbia entrepreneur, who makes award-winning compostable wooden cutlery, said he wants to expand his presence in northwestern Ontario.

Eacom's sawmill in Timmins is operational once again after a 2012 fire caused $20 million in damage and the company was forced to rebuild.

A July 4 fire caused damage to Eacom ’s Timmins sawmill. Firefighters responded to a call about a blaze at the property just before 2 p.m. on Friday.

Resolute Forest Products announced on June 23 of the launch of a new research and development joint venture with Germany’s Mercer International, the world’s largest maker of NBSK market pulp.