Paper & Pulp Mills
Cleanup continues at Nippon Dynawave as supply-chain impacts come into focus Update: Multi-agency cleanup is ongoing at the largely idled mill, where eight workers were also injured, more than 2,450 dead fish have been collected from affected waterways, and the outage threatens supply of roughly 300,000 metric tons of paperboard a year and about 75,000 metric tons of kraft pulp a year to neighboring Norpac. Source: Packaging Dive
Forestry & Timber
Canada formally seeks CUSMA renewal ahead of July review Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc notified the US and Mexico by letter that Canada wants the trilateral CUSMA trade pact renewed ahead of the July 1 review date, and met with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington. The outcome carries high stakes for Canadian forest products exporters, with the Trump administration signaling it wants significant changes to the agreement's terms rather than a straightforward renewal. Source: Tree Frog Forestry News
Analysis: a 'reckoning' looms for BC logging licence valuations A new Tyee analysis by Ben Parfitt examines whether major BC logging companies actually harvest at the rates their licences permit and what that means for valuations when tenures change hands, pointing to the Tsay Keh Dene Nation and McLeod Lake Indian Band's $69 million purchase of a Canfor licence near Mackenzie. Three firms — Canfor, West Fraser and Western Forest Products — control 39% of the timber the province has committed to logging companies. Source: Tree Frog Forestry News
US Forest Service offers separation incentives ahead of headquarters relocation The Forest Service is offering early retirement (VERA) and voluntary separation payments (VSIP) to employees affected by its reorganization, which will move headquarters to Salt Lake City, close all nine regional offices and keep only 20 of 77 research facilities operating. Chief Tom Schultz told staff there is "a position for each of you in the new structure," though hundreds of positions will move across the country. Source: Tree Frog Forestry News
Wood Pellets
Indonesia's wood pellet exports soar 87% in April Indonesian wood pellet exports jumped 87% in April compared with a year earlier, with average export prices up 4%, extending the country's rapid emergence as a supplier to Asian biomass markets. Source: Lesprom Network