Hundreds of workers at Domtar’s Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Mill on the Sunshine Coast, who were previously told they’d be losing their jobs, got some good news Thursday.

Charlotte, North Carolina--(Newsfile Corp. - October 1, 2026) - ResourceWise today announced the launch of the ResourceWise U.S. Unbleached Corrugated Box Cost Index™, an independent benchmark designed to provide corrugated packaging buyers and suppliers with a cost-based reference for adjusting long-term, volume-committed contracts as underlying industry costs change.Many corrugated agreements use a published index as the basis for a price adjustment mechanism, which facilitates efficient price...

This study assessed the suitability of four Miscanthus cultivars as alternative raw materials for pulp and paper production. A field evaluation revealed that cultivars 1 and 6 achieved the highest…

Charlotte, North Carolina--(Newsfile Corp. - September 3, 2026) - ResourceWise today announced the launch of ResourceWise Compass™, its new market intelligence platform, together with ResourceWise IQ™, that enables users to explore ResourceWise intelligence through natural language questions.Compass launches first with ResourceWise's chemicals market intelligence, bringing together the deep expertise and market intelligence of Tecnon OrbiChem and Chemical Intelligence, previously delivered...

Local officials and an operator are remaining hopeful over the future of the two remaining pulp mills on Vancouver Island, despite recent mill closures and new U.S. tariffs.

B.C.'s forestry industry expects it will be one of the hardest-hit sectors by the new 50 per cent U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods. B.C. is the largest producer of lumber in Canada, and the sector plays...

A day after Canada's largest forestry company announced plans to shutter a pulp and paper mill on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, the community is still reeling.

'Everybody's just kind of walking zombies right now at the mill, just trying to figure out what their next step," Andrew Appleton said.

Forestry company Domtar has indefinitely paused operations at its Howe Sound mill and Bayview Fibre chipping facility in Port Mellon, marking another blow to the industry in B.C.

In the pulp and paper industry, pulp testing is typically a labor-intensive process performed on hand-made laboratory sheets. Online quality control by automated image analysis and machine learning (M...

This week, our team was in Belgium  with one of our clients conducting on-site filtration trials using our Algas filters (developed by @Cellwood Machinery AB). We don’t just talk about performance—we ...

ANDRITZ has opened a new service hub in Aveiro, Portugal. The center enables the optimization of lead times and logistics through supporting the teams serving our customers: it is located close to ind...

Hundreds of jobs have been lost as Canfor and other major companies close mills across B.C. with the Vancouver-based multinational calling the decisions 'gut-wrenching.'

The company says it is facing "unsustainable financial losses."

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Canfor Corporation has announced it will permanently close its Northwood pulp mill in Pr...

The province hopes to boost logging rates. But slashing the fee on exports risks more mill closures, one advocate warns.

Port Alberni emergency crews were called to assist with an injured worker at the mill early Thursday morning.

A Tyee Q&A with Ravi Parmar on the state of BC’s forests and the industry.