Morbark’s Stephen Rawls Dies

Morbark’s Stephen Rawls Dies Stephen (Steve) Brady Rawls of Lenoir City, Tenn. died on Saturday, April 2, 2022. He was 68 years old. A member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Lenoir City; Rawls worked for Morbark for over 20 years. He was a talented sales...

Origin Materials Plans Biomass-Based Facility

Origin Materials Plans Biomass-Based Facility Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Origin Materials, a carbon-negative materials company committed to the global transition to sustainable materials, announced that the company plans an investment of at least $750 million...

Resolute Purchases Nearby Cogen Facility

Resolute Purchases Nearby Cogen Facility Resolute announced an agreement for the purchase of a cogeneration facility in Senneterre, Quebec. The purchase of the 34.5 MW cogeneration facility, adjacent to Resolute’s Senneterre sawmill, builds on its significant...

FSC Halts Certification Of Russian Products

FSC Halts Certification Of Russian Products In early March the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) suspended trading certificates in Russia and Belarus and announced it would “block wood sourcing” from the two countries as long as the armed conflict in Ukraine continued....

Drax Gets Satellite Pellet Plant Going

Drax Gets Satellite Pellet Plant Going Drax Group is ramping up to full production at Leola—the first of three new satellite pellet plants it plans for Arkansas. Leola, in Grant County, is part of a $40 million investment by Drax in the state, creating approximately...

Oregon Counties Court Battle Continues

Oregon Counties Court Battle Continues Oregon Court of Appeals heard arguments in late February on a 2019 jury decision appealed by the state that awarded $1.1 billion to 13 counties and 151 local taxing districts after the counties sued the state of Oregon and Oregon...