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Extended curtailment was unexpected, says Steelworkers Union rep.

The Vaasa Administrative Court upheld the environmental permit package granted to Metsä Group's Kemi bioproduct mill in Finland.

Water consumption will decrease by 85 percent.

Roseburg Forest Products, which is based in Springfield, has not admitted responsibility for the fire, which burned nearly four thousand acres. According to Cal Fire, 118 structures were destroyed, and two people were killed. Roseburg is investigating whether a third-party water spraying machine failed to sufficiently cool hot ash that's ejected from a generator, thereby igniting the fire.

This will mean the loss of 85 jobs.

The shutdown will impact 31 of the 106 employees.

Headquartered in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Nekoosa is a leading provider of specialty engineered materials for the graphics and commercial print markets in North America and Europe.

The new expansion will add approximately 100 new jobs.

Ahlstrom perpetuates its 50-year commitment and support to the global Filtration industry by investing EUR 2 million in a new laminator at Louveira plant, Brazil. With a planned installation in 2023, the equipment is expected to be fully operational by Q1 2024.

Rayonier Inc. announced that the company has entered into two separate agreements to acquire approximately 172,400 acres of high-quality commercial timberlands located in Texas, Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $474 million from Manulife Investment Management, a leading timberland investment manager.

UPM has officially opened a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Germany, bringing the company closer to meeting its ambitious target to decrease its CO2 emissions by 65% by 2030.

Ahlstrom will start a strategic transformation program "Stella" to redesign and renew its business platform. This will greatly benefit Ahlstrom's way of doing business by utilizing data and the opportunities for further digitalization.

Greif's Paper Packaging and Services (PPS) business has announced two significant investments in its recycling operations to support its growth strategy in sustainable paper packaging solutions.

Resolute currently expects to complete the merger in the first half of 2023.

Paper Excellence and the Province of Nova Scotia have been engaged in court-ordered mediation on multiple disputes arising from the mill closure.

The decision to shut down the groundwood pulp line for printing paper at Rottneros Mill, led to a notice to reduce the number of employees by 40 people. The negotiations are finalized and 35 people will be made redundant. Of these, 17 employees have agreed to a pension solution and 18 have been dismissed.

SCA and Holmen have today agreed to conduct a feasibility study regarding a potential new jointly owned sawmill in Rundvik, Nordmaling municipality in Västerbotten. A new sawmill in Norrland with high production capacity would increase the value of forest assets in the long term.

The Paper Excellence Group and Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced their intention to sell Resolute's Thunder Bay pulp and paper mill to further facilitate the regulatory review process.

Normal operations to resume with approval of new contract with IAM

The $50 million investment for the new drum pulper added 100 new jobs and will help expand North Pacific Paper Company's ability to make packaging paper from recycled wastepaper, said NORPAC CEO Craig Anneberg. The paper mill now employs 500 people total.

Graphic Packaging International would pay a $99,270 fine and be required to make process changes at its paper factory over alleged air quality violations, under an order proposed by state of Michigan environmental regulators and announced this week.

The paper mill operated for more than 250 years.

With UN Biodiversity Conference COP 15 approaching, Stora Enso has signed Business for Nature's business statement asking governments to Make it Mandatory for business and finance to assess and disclose their impacts and dependencies on nature.

Weyerhaeuser's workers have remained on the picketing lines since Sept. 13, the first strike in 36 years. Union members demanded family-wage increases as well as better health benefits.

UPM's new pulp mill in Uruguay will begin commercial production in the first quarter of 2023, the company said on Tuesday, as it reported record third quarter earnings.