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attended a research symposium in October which also served as the launch of the FIBRE research network. You’ll see more on that in the Jan/Feb issue, but the bare bones of the announcement are already up in the news section of our web site. It’s exciting to see such an effort to coordinate research, and to give university research a distinct role in the innovation chain. FIBRE concentrates the efforts of more than 400 students and 100 professors, from 23 institutions across the country. Theo van de Ven, who will lead the FIBRE network, says the missing link in Canadian university research was an umbrella organization such as FIBRE. Aside from the obvious functions, van de Ven hopes FIBRE will also attract nontraditional industries to interact with forest-sector research. FPAC is making progress on that front. Its Biopathways Network, designed to bring together companies with an interest in forest-based bioproducts, now has 165 members, but only 20 or so are forest products companies. From a more broad R&D perspective, Pierre Lapointe, CEO of FPInnovations, commented that our industry lacks a “technical receptor” in some companies. “Some don’t even have engineer capable of introducing technology back into the mills.” So ask yourself, does your firm have someone who can recognize early-stage technological innovations and capture the advantage for your mill? Here’s another unrelated question to think about. How’s your productivity? Tembec CEO James Lopez told an audience of institutional investors at a conference organized by Imperial Capital that the transformation of Tembec began with shedding or shutting down certain assets. One corollary of this discarding of old or inefficient assets is that Tembec has experienced a dramatic increase in productivity. Measured as sales per employee, productivity hovered between $315,000 and $342,000 from 2006 to 2009. There was a sharp jump in 2010 to $439,000, and the outlook for 2011 is $420,000. For 2012, Lopez expects $465,000. Because this productivity calculation is based on sales figures, you could argue that it would be expected to follow economic cycles. Nonetheless, it’s food for thought. The Tembec transformation is now heading into a more positive phase. Lopez says Tembec has made specialty dissolving pulp a strategic focus, and will be investing in more capacity for that product line, as well as investing in upgrades at the company’s sawmills. “Now is the time that we can Cindy Macdonald focus capex on the winners that Editor we’ve retained,” he said. 4

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Tembec $190-million boiler upgrade could lead to dissolving pulp expansion Tembec president and CEO James Lopez confirmed that the company will proceed with a $190-million boiler replacement at the Temiscaming specialty dissolving pulp mill. The co-gen project will substitute a new boiler for the three aging lowpressure boilers currently in use at the site. In addition to improving productivity and uptime, the upgrade will also permit the facility to sell 30-40 MW of incremental green power to the Quebec provincial electric utility. Lopez also announced a possible 30,000 tonne/yr capacity expansion for the specialty pulp mill. He cautioned investors at a conference in New York that the expansion is not approved yet, “but all the signs are looking very, very positive for the project.” The replacement boiler for the Temiscaming co-gen project will be sized to accommodate the capacity expansion. The expansion is also a green energy project of sorts, because it will generate another 10 MW of electricity for export to the provincial grid. Anticipated completion for the co-gen project is Dec.

White Birch idles Stadacona, questions viability of Quebec mills

White Birch Paper Company will temporarily cease production at its Stadacona newsprint mill, in Quebec City, beginning December 9. The company stated it would review the viability of the mill “in light of significant manufacturing cost disadvantages specific to the plant” as well as the ongoing deterioration of economic conditions in the newsprint industry.” The move puts 600 employees out of work. “I am deeply saddened that we are forced to idle the Stadacona mill and am very aware of the hardship this will impose on our quality employees who work there. However, the operation of Stadacona is simply unsustainable in the current cost environment,” stated Christopher Brant, president, White Birch Paper Company. CBC News reported Nov. 18 in an online story that the union representing workers at the mill will fight to keep the plant open. According to CBC, Daniel Larouche of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union said he believes 6

2013. It will be financed in part by a previously-announced $75-million loan from the Quebec government, at what Lopez says is “substantially better than market cost.” Lopez anticipates a four-year payback for this project. The $100-million dissolving pulp expansion would see the 11 original digesters replaced with 10 new stainless steel vessels. The project is expected to be complete in 2015, and would have a 2.4 year payback. Tembec’s strategic capital expenditures plan also calls for almost $200-million of upgrades to its facilities across the country. Lopez says the company’s sawmills, in particular, have not had the benefit of technological upgrades in recent years. Overall, $343 million in capital expenditures is earmarked for Tembec’s specialty dissolving pulp business over the next five years. “This is by far the most solid business that we have, with the brightest future and the best, most stable margins,” said Lopez. Tembec is a producer of lumber, pulp, and paper, with operations in Canada and France.

the closure is a lockout in disguise, as the workers were in the middle of contract negotiations. Brant noted that the future of all three White Birch mills in Quebec is in jeopardy. The company also operates mills in Rivière-du-Loup (F.F. Soucy) and Gatineau (Masson). “We need to resolve an integrated package of challenges quickly to be able to turn the situation around for the entire White Birch family of mills in Quebec.” White Birch is the second largest newsprint manufacturer in North America. It has been in creditor protection status since February 2010. The company stated that decreasing demand for newsprint and higher fibre costs, coupled with the inability to come to an economic agreement with union employees, have contributed to this decision.

Deinking equipment improves pulp quality at Breaky Fibres

Cascades officials recently inaugurated $3.7 million in new deinking equipment at the Cascades Fine Papers Group,

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Breakey Fibres mill. Started in 2010, the project required the addition of several types of equipment, including a flotation cell, washers/ thickeners, a disperser and a clarifier. It also involved the expansion of the building located in Breakeyville, Que. Cascades took its commitment to sustainable development to a new level by sourcing equipment from various plants. As a result of this investment, pulp quality has greatly improved. Visible dirt and glue residue have each decreased 50%, while the whiteness has slightly increased. “We consider this to be a very significant benefit, especially as the quality of raw materials — waste paper to be recycled — is declining more and more. We believe this investment will allow us to remain competitive in continuing to offer high quality recycled products,” said Luc Langevin, president and COO of Cascades Specialty Products Group. Since 1985, the Breakey Fibres mill has specialized in the manufacture of recycled deinked kraft pulp, mainly used in the production of Cascades’ fine pulpandpapercanada.com

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papers, such as the Rolland Enviro100 family of products.

Minas Basin cuts staff by 8%

Another Nova Scotia mill is showing signs of strain. Minas Basin Pulp and Power Co. Ltd. downsized its paper mill staff by almost 8% on Nov. 2. Local media are reporting that 13 full-time positions were terminated as a cost-cutting measure. “Yesterday we made the tough decision to reduce our workforce in the order of 8%. It’s not a large number, but those dedicated employees that we let go and said goodbye to, it was a tough day,” said Scott Travers, president of Minas Basin, told CBC News. The paper plant employs about 180 people. Travers told CBC news his company’s problems are high energy costs and the U.S. exchange rate. However, he said the mill would not be asking for a special power rate, as other local mills have done. “What makes us different is that we have a solution — we’re not closing our doors,” said Travers, according to Nova News Now. “We’re making tough costcutting measures within the mill… and watching every dollar that’s spent.” Minas Basin is the only mill in the Maritimes to produce paper from 100% recycled fibre. The company also has investments in wind and tidal power.

Kinecor takes Wajax name

Industrial components supplier Kinecor has changed its name to Wajax Industrial Components. The company will begin operating under the new name on Dec. 31, 2011. Only the name is changing; location of branches and distribution centres will remain the same. Kinecor is one of three divisions of Wajax Corp., a 150-year-old supplier of technical solutions and services to all major industries in Canada. The company’s new web address is www.wajaxindustrial.com.

AMEC Vancouver to manage Sappi mill conversion

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company AMEC will undertake the engineering, procurement, construction management of Sappi’s GoCell Project in South Africa. The project will reconfigure one of the mill’s existing production lines to produce chemical cellulose (CC). AMEC’s Vancouver office will provide project management and engineering design services.

developed several new technologies for vacuum washers that have been manufactured in the south which have been very popular with customers. “With a quality manufacturing facility in the Northwest, we will now be able to offer these technologies to this region,” Luhrmann adds.

Andritz strengthens service in Canada with Tristar acquisition

The final stage of the conversion to dissolving pulp production took place in late November at Fortress Paper Ltd.’s Specialty Cellulose mill in Thurso, Que. The company announced Oct. 12 that it had shut down NBHK production to allow construction work to proceed. Peter Vinall, CEO of Fortress Specialty Cellulose, said the company had mobilized a workforce of more than 800 workers on site to assist with final mill connections and de-bottlenecking work. Process testing began Nov. 24, and the company expects dissolving pulp production to begin shortly thereafter.

Machinery manufacturer Andritz has acquired the assets of Tristar Industries Ltd., a rebuild and manufacturing facility. Andritz will operate the former Tristar facility in Delta, B.C., as the Delta Service Centre for its pulp and paper service business. The Delta Service Centre will be dedicated to supporting rebuilds of pulp and paper equipment such as continuous digesters, M&D digesters, vacuum washers, twin roll presses, Compaction Baffle Filters™, thick stock pumps, and recausticizing filters. In addition to rebuilds, Andritz has

Dissolving pulp conversion almost complete at Quebec mill

PEOPLE…… Wayne Clogg, West Fraser’s senior vice-president, woodlands, has announced his intention to retire at the end of 2011. Clogg joined the company in 1980 and has served West Fraser in a number of senior management roles including, most recently, having overall responsibility for woodlands and fibre management. Mike Scott has been promoted to the role of president and CEO of Nexterra Systems Corp., replacing Jonathan Rhone, founder, president and CEO of the bioenergy system provider. Dr. Hossein Lohrasebi has joined Econotech Services, Vancouver, as manager – pulping and bleaching. Lohrasebi will provide additional pulping expertise and project management skills to Econotech’s contract pulping and bleaching project services. The Alberta Forest Products Associa-

tion (AFPA) announced at its recent annual meeting that Mike Putzke will be the Association’s new Board Chair. Putzke is the general manager of Alberta Newsprint Company in Whitecourt, and brings 25 years of industry experience to the position. Ken Duffy has been appointed vicepresident of sales at Tembec for highyield pulp products. Duffy has more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience selling specialty chemical solutions for pulp and paper mills. Doug Jones has been promoted to vicepresident of forestry at Remsoft. We are seeing a drastic uptick in the number of forestry organizations taking advantage of advanced analytics to better prepare and execute on their resource management plans in an eco-conscious and sustainable manner,” said Steve Palmer, co-chief executive officer, Remsoft, said of the appointment.

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INDUSTRY NEWS Employee killed in blow tank explosion at Terrace Bay Pulp

A young father is dead and two others were injured by an explosion at the Terrace Bay Pulp mill on Oct. 31. The two injured workers were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The deceased is Terry (T.J.) Berthelot. The sixty-year-old mill in Terrace Bay, Ont., produces northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp. Ontario Ministry of Labour spokesman Greg Dennis said it appears the explosion was in a blow tank, a large vessel into which the pulp is pumped when it exits the digester, CBC.ca reported on Nov. 1. The Ministry of Labour, Ontario Fire Marshall’s Office, Coroner’s Office and the OPP are all investigating. According to the Chronicle Journal, a local newspaper, the explosion sent metal and debris flying, and caused black smoke, but firefighters did not encounter any flames. The Terrace Bay Pulp mill reopened in September 2010 after being closed for 19 months while its parent company was restructuring.

Two Tembec foresters killed in helicopter crash

Two Tembec employees died in a helicopter crash in November, near Kapuskasing, Ont., during a forest survey. Greg Sawyer, the pilot of the contracted helicopter also died.

Daniel Simis, 47, was an area forester, while Chad McQuade, 37, was an area forestry technician. Both worked at Tembec’s Kapuskasing operations. “It is a very sad time for all of us at Tembec. We wish to express our sincere condolences to the families, friends and co-workers. Our thoughts and prayers go to every member of these families who have lost their loved ones,” said president and CEO James Lopez. The downed aircraft was a Bell 206L, owned by Sunrise Helicopters Inc.

One person dead, two injured, in fall at AV Cell

An accident at the AV Cell dissolving pulp mill in Atholville, N.B., has left one person dead and two others injured. The three men were employees of a subcontractor. They fell from a fixed catwalk approximately nine metres high. A representative of WorkSafeNB told local news sources that the catwalk was a fixed structure, not scaffolding, but something gave way under the weight of the workers and they fell to the floor. Apparently the catwalk was intended to give access to pipes near the ceiling, and was used infrequently. AV Cell released a statement expressing its sympathies to the family of the deceased, and saying it would cooperate with the WorkSafeNB investigation into the incident.

Paper Excellence one of four bidders on the NewPage Port Hawkesbury mill

The list of bidders for the NewPage Port Hawkesbury paper mill has been whittled down from eight to four, a Halifax newspaper reported on Nov. 1. The mill, located in Point Tupper, N.S., was placed under creditor protection in September. Paper Excellence, a Dutch company that has purchased several pulp mills in Canada in recent years, is reported to be one of the four remaining bidders. Paper Excellence already owns a nearby mill in Nova Scotia, Northern Pulp Nova Scotia. “We’ve expressed an interest in the mill and we’ve visited the facility,” Ed Roste, Paper Excellence’s Canadian vicepresident of operations, told the Halifax newspaper. The NewPage Port Hawkesbury mill produced newsprint and supercalendered paper. The supercalender machine is said to be one of the best in North America, but the mill was challenged by high electricity costs and a strong Canadian dollar.

Tembec, Al-Pac receive $8 million for new tech

A first-of-its-kind biomethanol project at Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. will receive $4.5 million from the federal Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) Program. The project will extract and purify biomethanol from the pulping process. Through a different federal program, Tembec in Temiscaming, Que., is receiving $3.5 million to develop innovative wood products made of cellulosic composites. This is a joint project with the government of Quebec. 8

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Massive evaporator for Grande Prairie completes mill upgrades

Imagine 18 separate loads, travelling more than 1200 kilometres, by truck. After crossing the ocean and being barged up a river. This is the epic voyage of the evaporator bound for the Weyerhaeuser pulp mill in Grande Prairie, Alta., about 450 km north of Edmonton. The largest load, the seventh effect portion of the seveneffect evaporator, was 55 m (182 ft.) long, requiring one tractor and several extended trailers to bring it through the mountains. At 7.5 m (25 ft.) wide, it occasionally needed the road all to itself, so the load travelled by night, under strict instructions to minimize disruption to other traffic. The third effect portion was longer, at 66 m (217 ft.), but only 5 m (17 ft.) wide. In all, the evaporator project involved 12 oversize loads, requiring special permits and accommodations

The new evaporator is the final stage of an upgrade that will let the mill produce about 23 MW of excess electricity to sell.

by the transport authorities in Idaho, Montana, and Alberta. The complex move was handled by Nickel Bros., a Vancouver firm that specializes in moving large objects.

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The vessels for the evaporator were manufactured in China and Thailand. They landed in Vancouver, Wash., and were barged to Lewistown, Idaho. The route from Idaho to Alberta is one that

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has been the subject of some controversy when used for oversize loads bound for the Alberta oilsands. The size of the evaporator components also caused some challenges at the mill. Wayne Roznowsky, spokesperson for Weyerhaeuser in Canada, notes that portions of the administration building had to be evacuated as a safety precaution when some of the parts were lifted into place. The evaporator is the final stage in a series of upgrades that revamped the 39-year-old Grande Prairie mill. A new turbine installed in 2011 was funded in part by the federal government’s Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program with support also from Alberta government green energy programs. The evaporator also benefits from some provincial government programs. Weyerhaeuser also invested in a new recovery boiler for the mill in 2007. With the exception of the digester,

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“we’ve basically rebuilt the mill,” says Roznowsky. “The evaporator is the key. It allows us to take full advantage of all of our earlier investments.” The high-efficiency unit will capture much more steam than the previous evaporator, and coupled with the new turbine that came online this year, will allow the mill to produce about 23 MW of excess electricity. That will give the mill a total of about 27 MW to sell onto the Alberta grid. Roznowsky explains that the electricity sales are a second revenue stream for the mill, and also act as a currency hedge since the power revenue is in Canadian funds, while pulp is generally sold in U.S. dollars.

Evonik buys Kemira N.A. peroxide business, Maitland site Evonik Industries hydrogen peroxide Chemicals Canada production plant in

has purchased the business of Kemira Inc., including the Maitland, Ont., and

the customer portfolio. The agreement also covers employees at the site. The transaction is expected to close at the end of November. This makes Evonik one of the market leaders for hydrogen peroxide in North America. With the acquisition, the company will increase its H2O2 capacity in North America by 44,000 tonnes to more than 200,000 tonnes per year. The output from Maitland will supply mainly the North American pulp and paper industry. For Kemira, exiting the North American market for hydrogen peroxide is a strategic move. “Hydrogen peroxide is in the core of Kemira’s global business but we are adapting our offerings regionally,” states Petri Helsky, head of the paper segment. Exiting Maitland frees resources to further develop our paper business in North America in other applications, such as paper wet-end, pulp process, and water quality and quantity management.”

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Garneau: economic sustainability depends on efficient plants By Shaun L. Turriff President and CEO Richard Garneau discussed Resolute Forest Products’ new name, and its plans for profitability and sustainability with an audience of Quebec businessmen in October. Garneau gave the presentation as part of “Les rendez-vous financiers les affaires,” hosted by the Quebec weekly business paper, Les Affaires, back when his company was still know as AbitibiBowater. Garneau’s talk emphasized, that Resolute is the most important paper company in Quebec, and the most important company in primary, secondary and tertiary transformation of forest products east of the Rockies, employing 11,200. Pointing to the future of the company, Garneau spoke of the importance of sustainability and profitability. Potential problems in the future, according to the CEO, include a continuing decrease in demand for all forest products, rising price of fibre (virgin and recycled), stricter government policy on forest management and carbon emissions, and increased government bureaucracy coupled with decentralized decision making. Garneau did emphasize that Resolute has several eastern plants well positioned to meet growing foreign demand. Discussing sustainability, he suggested that Resolute would focus on three aspects: economic sustainability, environmental sustainability, and social sustainability. Expanding on the environment, Garneau noted that AbitibiBowater has already reduced its carbon emissions by 57%, it uses 70% renewable energy, and two of its plants produce green energy which is put back on the grid. One hundred percent of Resolute’s forests are certified sustainable, and product lines like its Super-Brite papers use less bleach, water, and pulp in production. Worker safety and relations with First Nations people were cited as social 12

Garneau said Resolute’s Quebec plants are not among its most efficient facilities due to the cost of fibre. Shown above is a newsprint line at Baie-Comeau.

aspects of sustainability. Asked if sustainability was profitable, Garneau answered yes, in the long term, calling it a sort of insurance policy. For Garneau, economic sustainability hinges on efficient plants, flexible plants, lowered costs, and progressive debt reduction. Future investment, according to Garneau, will happen first in the company’s most efficient plants. During the question period, Garneau admitted that the company’s Quebec plants are not among its most efficient, largely due to the expense of fibre. Garneau discussed briefly the potential for value-added product lines, including bio-fuels and engineered wood, but did not offer details about implementation, specifying in the question period that new products need new markets. Garneau closed by addressing AbitibiBowater’s new name, Resolute Forest Products, announced only days before his presentation. Garneau stated that the new name reflects the company’s fundamental determination, and its commitment to profit-

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ability and sustainability. He further stressed that this is a new chapter in the company’s history, hoping perhaps that it would not be taken as a break with the past.

BRIEFLY…. ABB, a supplier of power and automation technology, has completed its acquisition of Lorentzen & Wettre. Lorentzen & Wettre manufactures equipment for quality control, process optimization and test instrumentation for the pulp and paper industry. It will be integrated into ABB’s Process Automation division. Metso has purchased Fabco Inc., a 20-person business that manufactures and services filtration components for the pulp and paper industry. Based in Maine, Fabco is affiliated with Metso’s Paper and Fiber Technology segment - Filtration Services. pulpandpapercanada.com

INDUSTRY NEWS Tembec sells Pine Falls newsprint mill for redevelopment

Tembec has sold the mill property and assets of its idled newsprint mill at Pine Falls, Man., to Pine Falls Development Corporation. PFDC is an investment project of NRI Global Inc. The company is offering all buildings, machines and equipment for sale. PFDC is seeking alternative uses for the site and its assets, and will move forward with land reclamation and site reconfiguration. The Tembec Pine Falls facility ceased production in September 2009. Permanent closure was announced in 2010.

AstenJohnson expands equipment offering with Paperchine purchase

AstenJohnson has acquired Paperchine, and has begun the process of merging the engineering and equipment company with JohnsonFoils, an equipment division of AstenJohnson. The new company will be called Paperchine and will be based in Rockton, Ill. Laurie Wicks, currently president of Paperchine, will lead the new company. Paperchine was founded in 2000 by four former Beloit Corp. employees. JohnsonFoils was started by the former JWI Group in 1963 to complement

its offering of paper machine clothing and specialty fabrics products. “We are combining the expertise of two well established equipment companies into one organization that can offer the paper industry proven rebuilds down the entire paper machine,” says Dan Cappell, president and CEO of AstenJohnson. In addition to the office in Rockton, the new company will have engineering, manufacturing and customer service sites in Montreal and Vancouver, plus two other sites in the U.S. and one in Thailand.

Cascades closing Burnaby containerboard mill

Cascades Inc. is closing its Norampac containerboard mill in Burnaby, B.C., blaming high operating costs and a high dollar. The Kingsey Falls, Que.-based forest products company that makes green packaging and tissue paper products, said nearly 100 employees would be affected by the Dec. 1 closure. “This decision was made to mitigate the negative impact of several factors such as the strength of the Canadian dollar, as well as very high labour and recycled fibre costs,” said Marc-Andre Dépin, president and CEO of Norampac.

Depin said the mill’s profitability has been below expectations for a few years. Norampac has already reached an agreement to sell the Burnaby property.

Tembec shares responsibility for Marathon pulp mill cleanup

A two-year dispute over who is responsible for the dormant pulp mill in Marathon, Ont., has been resolved. The Chronicle Journal newspaper reported Sept. 20 that the Ministry of Environment, former mill co-owner Tembec and other un-named parties had reached a tentative settlement. At the end of October, Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal decided in favour of this settlement. The mill will continue to be maintained and monitored by Tembec until a full clean-up of the mill and Peninsula Harbor has been completed. The plant went bankrupt in March of 2009. At the time, the ministry said the company was responsible for the site, especially to prevent spills. According to the Chronicle Journal report, in the winter of 2009-10, Tembec was forced to clean up spills of diluted black liquor that leaked from frozen pipes when the company tried to pump it into a secondary treatment plant.

Green Transformation Update Eight mills share $42 million in Green Transformation funds

Forty-two million dollars in federal funding for the pulp and paper industry’s “green transformation” was announced in early October. These 15 projects will be among the last to receive funding from the $1-billion Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program, which was established in 2009 by the federal government and concludes in March 2012. In the west, Cariboo Pulp & Paper Company in Quesnel, B.C., is receiving $5.5 million to make the facility’s processes more green and lower its environmental footprint by reducing the amount of chemicals that are delivered to the mill. West Fraser Mills Ltd., also in Quesnel, is receiving $2 million for its Ques-

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nel River Pulp mill Waste Water Heat Exchanger Upgrade Project to improve the mill’s energy efficiency through the installation of four heat exchangers. West Fraser Mills is also receiving $5.1 million to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the energy efficiency of its Slave Lake Pulp mill, in Slave Lake, Alta. Tolko Industries Ltd. in The Pas, Man., is receiving $2.5 million for three projects to reduce steam consumption and fossil fuel use. Four companies in Quebec will also proceed with PPGTP projects. Fortress Specialty Cellulose Inc. in Thurso is receiving $9.9 million to generate more renewable thermal energy and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Kruger Wayagamack Inc. in Trois-

Rivières is receiving $6.3 million for five projects to improve environmental performance through upgrades to mill processes. Domtar Inc. in Windsor is receiving $5.5 million for two projects that together are expected to reduce the mill’s water use and energy consumption while improving energy efficiency and increasing production of renewable electricity. Fibrek S.E.N.C. in Saint-Félicien is receiving $5.1 million to increase the mill’s energy efficiency and environmental performance. Collectively, these 15 projects are expected to generate enough renewable energy to power nearly 5,600 homes. They are also expected to save enough energy to heat an additional 18,000 homes while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 49,000 tonnes per year.

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SHOW PREVIEW

PaperWeek Canada: Something for Everyone PaperWeek Canada has added a trade show and a paper machine efficiency seminar to the mix.

et ready for a busy week in Montreal. PaperWeek Canada has expanded this year into a multi-faceted gathering for the Canadian pulp and paper industry. The biorefining sessions which were such a draw last year have returned, and will be supplemented with a special symposium on forest-based renewable chemicals. The technical track, highlighting research and technology implementations from across Canada, continues, as does the business track aimed at executives and managers. New this year are a papermaking seminar and a special session on value chain optimization for the bioeconomy. A trade show has also been added to the mix. Both the trade show and the conference sessions will take place at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel, so attendees can maximize networking opportunities. The whole event, hosted by PAPTAC, the Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada, runs from Jan. 30 to Feb. 3. Slated for Monday, Jan. 30, the “Forest as a source of renewable chemical products” symposium is organized by CRIBIQ, an industrial research cluster that seeks to stimulate and finance the development of effective innovative bioprocesses in Quebec. Some topics on the program: lignin-based phenolic foams, nanocrystalline cellulose, forest extractives rich in antioxidants, and biological and thermochemical conversion. Taking a more integrated look at the bioeconomy, the NSERC Strategic Research Network on Value Chain Optimzation will present a special session on value chain optimization during PaperWeek Canada. The NSERC VCO Network aims to provide the industry and policy makers with new advanced planning and decision support systems to design and deploy optimized forest bioeconomy networks. One of the great successes of last year’s PaperWeek Canada event was the PaperWeek luncheons, which were all filled to capacity. Each luncheon featured a keynote presentation. The lunches will continue this year. The popular business sessions are also back. These will focus on management of pulp and paper mills, economic outlook, industry trends, and issues surrounding the transformation of the Canadian industry.

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PaperWeek Canada 2011 attracted more than 40 attendees.

Those in charge of day-to-day operations at the mill can share their problems and solutions at the first meeting of the Canadian Mill Managers Community. The technical track of PaperWeek Canada will have technical papers from subject experts featuring advancements in process control, environment, mechanical pulping, and paper machine technology. PAPTAC’s Paper Machine Technology Community will present the Improving Paper Machine Efficiency and Productivity seminar. This is the fourth iteration of very practical workshop. In the past, it has had detailed, instructive presentations on topics such as wet-end chemistry, dryer runnability, headbox optimization, optimization of the press section.

Hear from global experts in biorefining

The International Forest Biorefinery Symposium organized in conjunction with PaperWeek Canada 2011 received great interest. It featured presentations from Canada, Finland, France, Sweden, and USA. The symposium will be held for the second time during PaperWeek Canada 2012. On the agenda are: forest biorefinery technologies, biofuels refining and performance; bioseparation of forest co-products; supply chain design and management; and energy and water integration and optimization. From high-level business trends to the possibilities of the bioeconomy to the realities of running a paper machine, PaperWeek Canada has it all. Check www.paperweekcanada.ca regularly for updates and new information. pulpandpapercanada.com

SUSTAINABILITY

Say Hello to Rapidly Renewable Fibre APP-China is adapting the plantation model to China’s needs, allowing communities to share the land and using science to make it more productive.

PP-China manages about 300,000 ha of pulpwood plantations in China. The integration of these plantations with the company’s twenty or so pulp and paper facilities is a key strategy for this subsidiary of Asia Pulp & Paper. APP-China sources 85% of its fibre from plantations, with the remainder coming from recycled sources. One of the challenges in China is the rising consumption of paper products in the face of insufficient domestic sources of raw material, both virgin and recycled. “We think, and the government thinks, plantations are the best solution,” says Sophy Huang, PR director for APP-China. While the plantation model is not acceptable to some environmental groups, other circles are recognizing that the development of high-yield, planted forest is an effective way to meet fibre demand in countries without a large fibre basket. (See Planted forests must grow to meet appetite for fibre, next page).

Plantations save the natural forest

Dr. Wending Huang, who presides over APP-China’s forestry research and technology development, explains that in China, the plantation model spares the natural forest and discourages illegal logging by meeting the industry’s need for wood fibre in a pro-active way. He notes that local farmers have even adopted some of APP-China Forestry’s methods and purchase the company’s faster-growing cloned seedlings to plant. The total planned area for all manmade plantations in China is 15 million hectares. That includes plantations for fruit and other cash crops, as well as wood. Of the amount allocated for pulpandpapercanada.com

Lab technicians tease apart the tiny seedlings.

Dr. Huang showing a very early stage of cloned eucalyptus.

pulpwood, 304,000 ha is managed by APP-China. APP-China owns about 20 forestry operations, and more than 20 pulp and paper mills. It has 39,000 direct employees. The company produces 8 million tonnes of paper per year. “The only things we don’t produce are newsprint and bank notes,” jokes Sophy Huang. The company’s most significant products, by volume, are coated fine paper and tissue.

A mosaic of planted forests

APP-China’s wide-reaching plantation holdings are spread across the country in smaller parcels, ranging from 0.1 ha to 20 ha in size. The company manages 13,000 of these plantation “compartments.” The smaller compartments are very closely integrated with the surrounding communities. Inter-cropping and alternate land uses are encouraged. The young eucalyptus trees can be mixed in with cassava, pineapples, herbs, or tea. Or, the plantation can be used as grazing

Row upon row of seedlings are kept under controlled conditions.

for water buffalo, for poultry farming, or for apiaries (beekeeping). “This contributes to social development and sustainability. We have very good relations with the local farmers,” states Dr. Huang. Some APP-managed land is rented from rural collective landowners. The

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SUSTAINABILITY agreement includes profit-sharing with the collectives. Sophy Huang says the government assigns APP deforested, inferior land to restore. Afforestation has raised China’s proportion of forested area from 12% in 1981 to 20% in 2010. When the plantations are harvested, branches are left in the field to fertilize the soil, and APP-China also fertilize the sites prior to, and during, the growing cycle. In many case, the soil quality is improved by the pulpwood plantation. The plantations are monitored and audited for soil quality, erosion, fertilizer, and inventory, by both APP-China and a third party.

As they mature, the plants are moved outdoors.

This is the height of a one-year old eucalyptus clone from APP-China’s Hainan nursery.

Techniques: Cloning and coppicing

Eucalyptus, acacia, poplar, and pinus grow on APP-China’s plantations. The company has two nurseries in China, which propagate cloned seedlings. “When breeding, we look for superior samples,” says Dr. Huang. “We pollinate, propagate the clones, prepare the seedlings, then plant.” The Hainan nursery covers 70 ha and has a capacity of 100 million seedlings. On subsequent rotations, the coppicing technique is used, whereby the harvester leaves the stump and shoots emerge from it. Later trimming leaves only the superior shoots. Coppicing is an ancient form of woodland management. It involves repetitive felling on the same stump, near ground level, and allowing the shoots to regrow from that main stump.

Roots are wrapped in a tissue-like paper that will dissolve once the seedling is planted.

At this plantation near Judingpo village, the five-year-old eucalyptus trees are about 17 m high.

This is a field of intermixed eucalyptus and pineapple. The eucalyptus, which appear as brighter green strips of foliage, have been planted here for two months.

Planted forests must grow to meet appetite for fibre There is growing acknowledgement that plantation-style forestry is the best option to meet the world’s increasing demand for wood fibre. In a report issued earlier this year called Growing the Future, business consultants PwC noted that planted forests will make a greater contribution to meeting global demand for fibre, while natural forests are increasingly valued for their conservation benefits. “Many of these forests are economically inaccessible or are sensitive to disturbance. Instead, these forests are going to be valued for their conservation benefits and that will result in restrictions on industrial wood output,” 16

says PwC’s Canadian forest, paper and packaging leader Bruce McIntyre. Wood fibre needs are increasingly being met from planted forests, says PwC, which currently cover approximately 272 million hectares or 7% of the world’s total forest area. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) estimates that the yield and harvest from planted forests will need to increase threefold by 2050, with planted land-area increasing 60%. Among the emerging Asian markets, China in particular has a large fibre deficit, so pressure to secure access will grow in order to achieve its 2020

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goal of 20 million ha for additional woodland planting to fuel bioenergy projects, the report states. Plantations have already faced a lot of criticism, though, for everything from replacing natural forests with plantations, to displacement of local peoples, to accusations that they have damaged local water tables. “We believe that plantations still represent the single best opportunity to meet increased demand for forest products without damaging ecosystems, provided planting is done responsibly and balanced with appropriate conservation programs,” says McIntyre. pulpandpapercanada.com

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ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Simple Shroud Leads to Substantial Savings Turning off two air hoses that used to blow debris off the paper machine saved Catalyst Paper big bucks.

Reprinted from BC Hydro’s Current enewsletter

hen the folks at Catalyst Paper started to zero in on energy-efficiency opportunities, they took a new look at their existing systems. High on the list: two compressed air hoses running continuously (for decades) to keep debris off the paper machine. Replacing the hoses with a fixed structure made sense. But when they calculated the results, they couldn’t believe their numbers. Now the company is saving more than $300,000 per year in compressed air energy costs – on that one fix alone.

Compressed air identified as a huge cost

When Jennifer Mercer tallied up the energy savings from her first year as energy manager at Catalyst Paper’s Powell River mill in British Columbia, she shared the news with staff in a “year in review” newsletter. Then she got a surprise. “I heard from Ken Campbell, the interim paper machine manager on paper machine 11, who told me about a fix they’d done on the machine,” she recalls. “He said, ‘I don’t know if there are energy savings, but I just figured I’d let you know.’” Campbell explained to Mercer that, for many years, two compressed air hoses had been used – at great expense – to blow away debris that would have fallen on the paper sheet. “Those air wands had been in place for absolutely years, certainly for the eight years since I’ve been here, and probably since close to the startup of the paper machine in 1981,” says Campbell. 20

This is the $1000 “mud flap” that allowed Catalyst Paper to turn off two compressed air lines.

The solution was a borrowed idea from the company’s mill in Snowflake, Arizona – installing “mud flaps” on the paper machine to do the same thing the air hoses were doing.

trialing them, but then we shut them off and we haven’t had them on since,” says Campbell. He estimates the cost of the fix – materials and labour – was about $1,000.

Quick fix: $1000 Energy savings: $300,000 “It was a device first used in our Crofton division, although nobody else was using compressed air the way we were,” says Campbell. “I thought, if we put those on, think of the money we would save.”

Thousand-dollar fix saves $342,000 a year

Campbell’s team fabricated a metal flap solution that stops water and debris rather than allowing it to fall onto the paper sheet. “When we installed them, we kept the air on for a couple weeks while we were

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So simple was the employee-led solution that it didn’t come to Mercer’s attention until her year-end report prompted Campbell’s note. Then it became apparent just how valuable the “mud flaps” are. “When I did the math on calculating ¾-inch hoses continuously spraying compressed air onto the equipment, I found that each one is saving 930 cfm of compressed air,” says Mercer. “And they were running 24/7; if the machine was down for maintenance days, they still ran. It was like running your garden hose full out, all the time.” pulpandpapercanada.com

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The architects of PM11’s “mud flaps”: (left to right) Paul MacLean, maintenance planner, Ken Campbell, interim paper machine 11 manager, and Tony Leach, maintenance mechanical supervisor. Missing from the photo is Peter Rowbotham, the sheet metal mechanic who fabricated the mud flaps.

Mercer did the math and was in for a welcome surprise: About $171,000 per hose, in annual savings. Says Campbell: “Back when it was easy to make bundles of money, this was never in the forefront. Now, you want to save whatever you can, and you want to be environmentally sound as well.” Campbell’s team now makes identify-

ing leaks a priority. “On shutdown days when it’s nice and quiet, we go around and listen, to minimize the amount of compressed air that we use here,” he says.

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LUBRICATION

Kraft mill separates lubrication from PM to focus on lubrication reliability Industrial facilities often believe they have equipment lubrication covered with existing tools and systems—from spreadsheets to condition analysis to sophisticated preventive maintenance (PM) and corrective maintenance (CM) programs. However, despite millions of dollars spent to improve machine condition and reliability, improper lubrication is still cited as the primary cause of premature equipment failure today. “Lubrication is the neglected stepchild of equipment reliability and doesn’t get the attention it deserves,” says James Wanstreet, the reliability engineer and lubrication department supervisor at KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation’s Charleston Kraft paper mill in Charleston, S.C.

Lubrication tracking methods fall short The crux of the dilemma is this: performing lubrication seems elementary, and has been approached the same way for many decades. From daily lubing, to semi-annual oil sampling, to yearly tank draining/replacement, the required lube tasks can number in the hundreds of thousands per year. “With almost 500,000 lube tasks a year in our plant on almost 8,000 pieces of equipment from fans, pumps, valves, and turbines to gearboxes, hydraulics, and paper machines, it’s critical that the correct lubrication get done without fail,” says Wanstreet. “Lubrication is the life blood of plant equipment and foundational to keeping it working correctly.” At their most basic, plants rely on a technician armed with a grease gun and human memory to track lube points. “Even the smartest, most meticulous technician can forget things from day to day,” says Wanstreet. “Even the best techs may not remember that one pump takes a certain type of oil because it is running hot and another pump takes different oil because it is not.” “This is even more of an issue when a tech is filling in for someone else and is not familiar with the equipment,” adds Wanstreet. “And missing or getting

lubrication tasks wrong for any reason can cost a plant unnecessary wear and tear, repair, and ultimately production downtime.” One solution used in many plants is the ubiquitous spreadsheet. Spreadsheets can be used to store or change information such as an inventory of equipment, lube points, and lubricants used, but are inherently static and offer no real lubrication point tracking or history. Although CMMS systems work very well for managing PM and corrective work at the equipment level, they are not built for detailed tracking of individual lube tasks, particularly at high volume. CMMS systems can fail to record if an individual lubrication task is completed or not, since such information is usually embedded in block PM lists of many tasks. “We have a CMMS system but it doesn’t give us the in-depth lubrication data we need,” says Wanstreet. “We need lubrication data not only for each piece of equipment but also for each lube point, when it’s due, and who did it. If it’s late, we need automatic follow up so nothing is missed.”

A new focus on lubrication reliability By managing every lubrication task so responsibilities are always clear and known, lubrication management software is helping to improve machine condition and equipment reliability. For instance, Lube-It by Generation Systems offers task specific scheduling and tracking management. Each lube point and related tasks are inventoried including location, capacity, activity type, procedure, frequency, route and shutdown requirements. From that, the software manages all these lube tasks automatically and simplifies changes to any of the variables as needed. Once it has all the lube points, the software will reschedule a task based on when it was completed. Uncompleted tasks are presented with the next week’s activities until they are completed. In this way, the software takes responsibility for hundreds of thousands of lubrication tasks annually, essentially

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Lubricant solved waste paper problem Belesta, part of Belzona Polymerics, has a range of friction-reducing lubrication products that can enhance the performance of existing lubricants. Belesta polymeric lubricant concentrates are added at 5% to the host lubricant and are attracted to the positively charged metal surface as a result of their negative polarity. Friction is reduced by the permanent presence of a mono-molecular layer of Belesta lubricant, which is electronically bound to the metal surface. One example is a paper recycling company that had tried in the past to lubricate the lift chains on its Copex 200-tonne compactor, but all the tested oils attracted paper waste, creating a crust and accelerating abrasion. The absence of suitable lubrication led to premature failure of the chains. The solution was to brush apply Belesta® CSL onto the chains. Four weeks later, the oil film was still intact with no paper waste bonding to it. Belzona Canada Inc. 905-737-2225, www.belzona.com ensuring that none are left behind as a result of the tracking/organizational system itself. KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation’s Charleston kraft paper mill turned to Generation Systems’ dedicated lubrication management software. “Lube-It eliminates the issue of missing or incorrect lubrication and keeps our techs working at maximum efficiency,” says Wanstreet. “It allows our techs to focus on what needs to be done and take over without missing anything if someone is out. If I need to change a lubrication task I can do it in seconds, and everything is updated so we’re on the same page.” “Since we’ve been using Lube-It, we’re staying on top of lubrication tasks without forgetting any,” concludes Wanstreet. “I estimate we’re getting about 25% more equipment uptime with fewer staff, with ROI in about one year.” Generation Systems Inc. 425-391-9046, www.generationsystems.com pulpandpapercanada.com

TECHNOLOGY NEWS Canfor picks PulpEye analyzer with new kappa module The new kappa module for Eurocon Analyzer’s PulpEye analyzer is being well received by the global pulp and paper industry. Since its introduction at the SPCI show in May, six units have been sold. Canfor has chosen PulpEye as the platform for its on-line measurement needs. The analyzers will be installed at the company’s three mills in Prince George, B.C., and at the new Innovation Centre in Vancouver. The Canfor units will include all of the PulpEye’s measurement modules, plus the kappa module. The other modules available are: fibre properties, shive content, brightness, pH, drainage (CSF, SR), and dirt count. The new kappa module is based on tested technology using new components and measuring functions making it the preferred choice for on-line kappa measurement. The PulpEye permits both on-line and manual sampling. It incorporates state-ofthe-art measuring techniques to achieve high accuracy in the shortest possible time. Eurocon Analyzer Inc. 613-590-0222, www.eurocon.se

Deposit control for recycled-content paper Clariant offers papermakers new deposit control solutions with the addition of Cartaspers® SCH to its range. The extended portfolio has been developed specifically to improve machine cleanliness and runnability when waste paper is used as a raw material. Cartaspers® SCH makes use of nanotechnology to introduce trillions of tiny polymer particles into the wet-end of a paper machine system. The emulsion particles, which are hydrophobic in nature, are derived from a very hard (high melting point) polymer. In a typical wet-end environment, the tiny polymer spheres associate themselves with other hydrophobic components in the pulp slurry. Cartaspers® SCH works through a mechanism of passivation, combining with pressure sensitive adhesives, latex binders, pitch and all other potential “stickie” contaminants to give them a pulpandpapercanada.com

hard protective shell, which prevents agglomeration and reduces the tendency of stickies to foul machine clothing. The increased softening point of the passivated stickies helps prevent “picking” in the drying section and the transfer of contaminant to the hot cylinders is significantly reduced. Clariant Canada 514-832-2581, www.paper.clariant.com

Tissue felt technology helps improve operational performance

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Controls supplier better equipped to serve Quebec Swiss group Endress+Hauser has renovated its Saint-Laurent offices and purchased new state-of-the-art equipment. Committed to providing its personnel with a more pleasant, comfortable and functional workplace, the company invested $250,000 in the redesign of its office and upgrading of its computer systems, plus more than $140,000 in the purchase of a new portable calibration system to better serve its Quebec clientele. Endress & Hauser Canada, 905-681-9292, www.ca.endress.com

Compact approach flow system will improve drainage, quality POM Technology Oy Ab has received an order for the supply of a compact approach flow system for Stora Enso’s new testliner machine in Ostroleka Mill in Poland. The start-up is scheduled for the first quarter of 2013. The new paper machine is designed for the production of lightweight testliner and recycled fluting in a basis weight range of 65-140 g/m². The POM compact approach system delivery includes: two POMix Stock Processors for efficient stock mixing, three POMp Degassers for white water dearation, two POMlock suction leg sealing units as well as compact process solutions and engineering for whole approach flow system. Stora Enso’s focus of this investment was on operational savings from improved drainage, cleanliness and quality as well as on space and especially energy cost savings, which all are met by POM System applications and principles. POM Technology Oy Ab will become part of Aikawa Fiber Technologies (AFT) at the beginning of 2012. AFT Aikawa Group 819-562-4754, www.aikawagroup.com

Noss chosen for cleaning equipment at Swedish mill Vida Paper’s Lessebo mill in Sweden will soon begin production of dissolving pulp. Due to the need for improved pulp cleaning, the mill has chosen Noss as a supplier for cleaning equipment. The mill has decided to install a Radiclone hydrocyclone system for cleaning and thickening. The Noss Radiclone is a well proven concept, which is used when the demands for cleanliness are in the high or very high range. Also included in the delivery is a Radiscreen-C protection screen. Vida Paper is producing sulphite pulp as well as white and natural-coloured uncoated premium paper. The company also produces coloured uncoated wood free paper and wood free digital paper. In connection with the new dissolving pulp production, the mill has also decided to invest in improved cleaning of the bleached sulphite pulp. The project implies possibilities for quality improvement of the paper produced at the mill as well.

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TECHNOLOGY NEWS An increase in the overall production of pulp and paper will also follow as a result of the investments. Noss 514-697-2029, www.noss.se

Sappi uses optical caliper sensor and QCS to improve reel-building quality Sappi’s Somerset Mill is on a mission to continually improve its reel building quality, and the ABB optical caliper sensor has helped Sappi to effectively manage optimum reel-building conditions in real-time. Uniform caliper is extremely important for good roll-building on coated and calendered papers. Because the paper is so dense and smooth, very little caliper profile deviation can be tolerated before the effect is seen on the hardness profile of the reel, and subsequently in the quality of the rolls coming off the winder. PM2 at Sappi’s Somerset Mill used to rely on manual off-line testing of reel hardness profiles using a hand-held hardness tester. Now, feedback occurs in real time. “The stability and repeatability of the caliper sensor allows the operator to trust the profile shape and make reel-building corrections in real-time rather than wait for an off-line hardness profile test,” says Dave Moore, senior process engineer at Sappi Somerset Mill. The optical caliper sensor contacts the sheet on one side using a smooth ceramic stabilizing plate with vacuum applied by concentric rings. On the other side of the sheet is a unique optical (confocal) measurement. The confocal measurement is combined with a magnetic reference measurement, and the result is caliper measurement. The simplicity of this design provides reliable performance day after day in the harsh paper mill environment. Caliper correlation within ±1% between the laboratory and the optical caliper sensor was one goal of the project. Moore reports that the .... “The optical sensor has met Sappi’s requirement of reproducible CD profile correlation without marking the sheet surface.” Equally important for Sappi was the correlation to the hand-held hardness instrument. The correlation was good enough to allow operators to make corrections before out of specification limits were reached. ABB, www.abb.com

What is the Cost of Climate Change? (continued from page 26) $25 billion to $176 billion for the country as a whole depending on the scenario.

Benefits of adaptation outweigh costs

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OPINION

What is the Cost of Climate Change?

nless global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are brought down and Canada invests in adaptation, the economic impacts of climate change on Canada could climb to billions of dollars per year, according to a new report released by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRT). Paying the Price: the Economic Impacts of Climate Change for Canada is the first national study to show what the economic consequences to Canada could be as a result of climate change. The follow are excerpts from the Timber Supply section of the report. The full report is available on the Round Table’s website: www.nrtee-trnee.ca.

Estimates of changes, and their consequences

We developed estimates of the expected changes to timber supply for each region and climate change scenario (both high climate change and low climate change). These estimates were drawn primarily from research conducted by the Canadian Forest Service at Natural Resources Canada, including qualitative or quantitative estimates of the impacts of climate change on fires, forest productivity, and pests in Canada’s various forest regions. The economic consequences of changes in timber extend beyond forestry, affecting industries such as manufacturing and construction. We used computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling to explore the costs and benefits to Canada’s broader economy of changes in timber quantities due to climate change.

A change in the weather

Canada is home to almost 3.5 million km2 of forests, representing 10% of global forest cover and 30% of the boreal forest. Canada’s forest industry drives 1.7% of our GDP. Forests are sensitive to changes in weather and climate. In a changing climate, forest fire activity is expected to increase, affecting timber supplies and leading to higher fire management and 26

Timber Quantity Reductions due to Climate Change British Columbia

Alberta

Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Territories

Ontario

Quebec

Atlantic Canada

2020s

3-4%

3-5%

4-5%

2050s

5-8%

9-14%

7-11%

2-4%

1-2%

2-4%

2080s

8-14%

13-22%

13-23%

4-8%

2-4%

2-5%

Annual Changes in GDP Relative to “No Climate Change” Baselines, by Region, 2050s Low climate change

High climate change

Slow growth (economic and population)

Rapid growth (economic and population)

British Columbia

-$0.5B

-$0.18%

-$3.1B

-$0.44%

Alberta

-$0.2B

-$0.06%

-$1.0B

-$0.14%

Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Territories

-$0.5B

-$0.33%

-$3.3B

-$0.85%

Ontario

-$1.0B

-$0.11%

-$7.4B

-$0.31%

Quebec

-$0.3B

-$0.08%

-$2.1B

-$0.23%

Atlantic Canada

-$0.1B

-$0.07%

-$0.5B

-$0.21%

Canada

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-$0.12%

-$17.4B

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Region

control costs. An increase in pest disturbance is likely over the next few decades, and more frequent and intense extreme weather events, including wind and ice storms, could damage trees and industrial operations. Warmer temperatures and higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may accelerate productivity under certain conditions. The distribution and composition of ecosystems — including forests — is shifting, with some species gaining suitable habitat and others losing it. In a global economy, impacts of climate change on forests outside of Canada could have cascading effects on our forest industry.

Timber quantity falls

The effect of climate change on timber quantities intensifies over time and varies regionally with western parts of the country faring worse than eastern parts. The analysis shows that timber quantities decrease in all regions as climate change

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heightens over time. These decreases range from 1-5% in the 2020s to 2-23% in the 2080s. Our estimates reflect expectations of broad trends rather than specific events. Recent experience with the mountain pine beetle in British Columbia, projected to result in an estimated loss of 23% of provincial timber volume by 2015, suggests that our results are conservative for British Columbia. Changes to timber quantities due to climate change in the 2050s could reduce national GDP by up to 0.3% — or about $17 billion — compared to a case with no climate change. Climate change dampens economic activity and productivity, with GDP impacts most pronounced for Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the Territories, and for British Columbia. The cumulative costs of changes in timber supply over the next 70 years due to climate change range widely, from continued on page 24 pulpandpapercanada.com

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