Leading Stories

Verso makes property tax deal

Apr 28, 2016 at 11:00 am by admin

PORTLAND, Maine (From The Bangor Daily News) -- The town of Jay has agreed to lower three prior years of disputed property taxes for paper mill owner Verso Corp. and set a cap.... Read More

RR Donnelley to shutter NE Portland plant; 113 to lose jobs

Apr 28, 2016 at 10:30 am by admin

PORTLAND, Oregon (From the Portland Business Journal) -- RR Donnelley plans to permanently close a plant in Portland, resulting in the loss of 113 jobs.In a notice filed with.... Read More

Clearwater facility cited in worker's death

Apr 28, 2016 at 10:30 am by admin

WISCONSIN (From the Wisconsin Radio Network) -- A Wisconsin paper mill faces federal fines in the death of an employee last October. The Occupational Safety and Health Adminis.... Read More

Nippon Paper eyes 'roasted' wood pellets as earnings source

Apr 28, 2016 at 10:30 am by admin

TOKYO (Nikkei Asian Review) -- Nippon Paper Industries will begin tests next spring on a process it plans to use to mass-produce efficient-burning wood pellets as a biomass fu.... Read More

Chinese paper manufacturer to build $1 billion mill in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and hire 250

Apr 28, 2016 at 10:30 am by admin

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Arkansas News Bureau) -- Chinese pulp and paper manufacturer Sun Paper will spend more than $1 billion to build a mill in Arkadelphia that will employ a.... Read More