A Vancouver Island MP is asking Ottawa to study buying Domtar's closed Crofton mill and converting the site into a naval base (Chek News)
CSB: the white liquor tank that collapsed at Nippon Dynawave's Longview, WA mill needed repair before the fatal May 26 failure, per an investigation update (PaperAge)
Suzano is taking a 10% equity stake in Imetame's greenfield port project in Aracruz, Brazil, shoring up pulp export logistics (PaperAge)
Update: The Metsä Group 3D Fiber molded-fiber line is slated to launch in 2028, and Metsä Board is also modernizing the kraftliner winder at its Kemi mill (Valmet, PaperAge)
Forestry & Timber
Update: The insolvent Austrian sawmill is 112-year-old Schaffer Holz, which filed Sept. 1 with ~€29.3M in liabilities, blaming a major production investment, high log prices, and weak lumber markets, and plans to restructure and seek an investor (Timber Industry News)
Unifor's Canadian Council adopted a call for a comprehensive national forestry-sector strategy amid the wave of mill closures (Unifor)
