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British Columbia Forestry Outlook
Since output bottomed in 2009, growth in BC’s forestry and manufactured goods averaged about 6 per cent per year through 2013, compared to 2.4 per cent for the economy as a whole, said Central 1 Credit Union Thursday. Ontario Mill Restart The plant was formerly known as ATC Panels, and was open from 1997 to…
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Ontario Timber Allocations
The Town of Fort Frances, ON, became alarmed at the end of October that talks between Resolute Forest Products, Expera Specialty Solutions of Wisconsin, and the Province of Ontario regarding the acquisition of the local kraft mill, had broken off. The town said Expera has indicated a strong interest in acquiring the facility from Resolute,…
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Nova Scotia Forest Plan
The government of Nova Scotia announced its forestry plan for the western Crown lands Thursday and released 10-year fibre allocations for the lands. Nearly 20,000 green metric tonnes in western Crown lands earmarked for two Pictou County mills. For the first time, allocations will be based on a percentage of available harvest rather than a…
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British Columbia Budget and Forestry
The latest budget tabled in the BC Legislature, yesterday, contains a $32 million increase for the Forests Ministry. Almost all of that will be used to address the timber permitting backlog. Forest Service Plan The BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has released the latest Forest Service Plan, also yesterday. http://www.bcbudget.gov.bc.ca/2013_June_Update/sp/pdf/ministry/flnr.pdf At…