The plan sets four pillars — secure competitive wood fibre, invest in modernization and innovation, expand domestic and international markets, and support workers and communities, and will feed into a formal Forest Sector Strategy by the end of 2026.
The proposal keeps an exemption process and sets July deadlines, while the determination cites illegal logging and timber laundering as factors that distort wood-product pricing.
Current general manager Vanecia Carr rises to CEO as company targets growth in absorbent materials market.
Exports of bleached hardwood kraft pulp from Chile gained 4%.
Price for bleached softwood kraft pulp exported from Chile lost 8%.
Price for bleached hardwood kraft pulp exported from Brazil gained 1.3%.
The project will replace the site's last third-party control system with a web-based distributed control system, include a DNAe historian and HIMA-based safety systems, and the customer will take over delivery in the first quarter of 2027.
Work at the dissolving wood pulp mill will replace pressure parts in the MgO1 recovery boiler that uses magnesium closed-loop recovery technology.
Fluff pulp continues normal operations as two remaining lines become core to the unit's long-term strategy.
Imports of wood pulp to Egypt decreased 12%.
Price for wood pulp imported to United Arab Emirates increased 27%.
Price for bleached kraft pulp imported to China gained 3%.
Price for bleached softwood kraft pulp imported to China rose marginally 0.1%.
Price for bleached kraft pulp imported to China rose 3%.
Price for bleached kraft pulp exported from Uruguay to China grew 5%.
Crystallization system targets extended recovery boiler maintenance intervals beyond 24 months.
Price for wood pulp imported to the EU upped 1.7%.
Julie A. Dill, a board member since 2018, succeeds Lisa M. Palumbo who completes second two-year term.
Price for recycled pulp exported from Thailand downed 4%.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 5%.