Forestry Industry Briefing — September 7, 2026
Canada announced retaliatory tariffs — 25% on US softwood lumber and 50% on plywood, LVL and dissolving pulp, plus 25–50% on various paper products — effective Sept. 8, responding…
Forestry Industry Briefing — September 6, 2026
The European Commission issued a statement of objections against the planned UPM–Sappi 50-50 graphic paper joint venture, warning it could restrict competition in coated mechanical…
Forestry Industry Briefing — September 5, 2026
Ontario is investing C$5.1M through its Forest Biomass Program toward restarting the idled Espanola mill — new owner Bioveld North (BMI Group, acquired the ex-Domtar site in 2025)…
Forestry Industry Briefing — September 4, 2026
Sonoco will raise uncoated recycled paperboard prices by €60/ton across the EMEA region (PaperAge)
Forestry Industry Briefing — September 3, 2026
Italy's Burgo Group announced paper price increases effective this month, citing cost pressures (PULPAPERnews).
Forestry Industry Briefing — September 2, 2026
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)
Forestry Industry Briefing — September 1, 2026
Washington's Department of Ecology cited Nippon Dynawave's Longview pulp and paper mill with 35 environmental violations over the deadly May storage tank collapse that spilled ~900…
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 31, 2026
RYAM will shut its Témiscaming, QC industrial complex on Sept. 15, idling ~400 unionized workers (~425 total) — an "indefinite temporary economic shutdown" the company blames on U.…
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 30, 2026
Demolition of the former Northern Pulp kraft mill in Abercrombie, N.S. could begin as early as September under an amended provincial ministerial order — all structures and debris m…
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 29, 2026
Harmac Pacific (Nanaimo Forest Products) says it is largely avoiding the incoming 50% US tariffs by selling NBSK almost entirely into Asian markets — a bright spot after Domtar's H…
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 28, 2026
The European Commission issued a Statement of Objections (Aug 26) on the proposed UPM–Sappi 50/50 graphic paper joint venture, which would combine UPM's Communication Papers busine…
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 27, 2026
Update: Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs of 15–50% on ~700 US products worth ~$20B — explicitly including pulp, paper, and lumber — effective September 8 (Spokesman-Review, P…
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 26, 2026
Update: Provincial officials and Unifor have joined COFI in calling for urgent B.C. forestry-sector intervention in response to the Howe Sound idling (Paper Advance)
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 25, 2026
Update: Domtar also cited U.S. trade pressures for the Howe Sound idling, and B.C.'s Council of Forest Industries called it a blow to the coastal fibre economy (BNN Bloomberg, Cana…
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 24, 2026
Update: CBC reports Domtar had received millions in B.C. provincial funding before idling the Howe Sound mill, raising questions about conditions attached to government support (CB…
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 23, 2026
Finland's sawmill industry is likely to face further permanent capacity closures — high sawlog costs and weak softwood lumber demand persist, and analysts at Inderes note cuts so f…
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 22, 2026
Domtar is indefinitely idling Howe Sound Pulp and Paper in Port Mellon, B.C., along with its Bayview Fibre chipping facility — ~400 jobs and 380,000 t/y of NBSK pulp capacity, citi…
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 20, 2026
Crews at Nippon Dynawave Packaging in Longview, WA have begun dismantling the white-liquor tank that collapsed on May 26; temporary tanks are being installed to enable a restart, b…
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 19, 2026
Kruger Products lifted Q2 adjusted EBITDA 25% year-over-year to C$90.6M on expanded U.S. sales volumes and lower pulp costs; revenue rose 2.8% to C$550.9M, partly offset by softer…
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 18, 2026
Metsä Fibre's Kemi bioproduct mill to shut for six weeks this autumn Update: The Kemi outage will temporarily remove roughly 900,000 cubic metres of wood demand from a mill that co…
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 17, 2026
Mercer posts US$76 million Q2 loss as German fibre costs squeeze pulp margins Mercer International reported a US$76 million net loss for the second quarter as weak pulp prices comb…
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 14, 2026
Suzano posts R$4.7 billion adjusted EBITDA in Q2 Suzano reported Q2 2026 results with combined pulp and paper sales of 3.3 million tonnes, adjusted EBITDA of R$4.7 billion and oper…
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 13, 2026
Metsä Fibre plans six-week shutdown and temporary layoffs at Kemi bioproduct mill Metsä Fibre is opening negotiations on temporary layoffs of about 225 employees at its Kemi biopro…
Forestry Industry Briefing — August 12, 2026
AICC opposes latest round of containerboard price increases The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters is pushing back against containerboard price hikes effective Septem…