Catalyst Sells Elk Falls Site

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Catalyst Paper today announced that it has reached agreement with Pacifica Deep Sea Terminals Incorporated on the sale of its Elk Falls site in Campbell River. The $8.6 million sale of the 400-acre industrial site and adjacent properties is expected to close September 5, 2012. It completes Catalyst's comprehensive bid review process which began earlier this year.

The former pulp and paper site was indefinitely curtailed in 2009 and closed permanently in 2010. The Elk Falls mill began operation in 1952, and at its peak, produced 784,000 tonnes of pulp, paper and kraft paper annually.

Port Hawkesbury Paper; Conference Call & More News

 Transcript to Port Hawkesbury Paper conference call:

https://www.facebook.com/PortHawkesburyPaper

Challenge of securing fiber:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/127093-lack-of-fibre-deal-looms-over-pulp-mill-s-future

As obstacles standing in the way of restarting the former NewPage Port Hawkesbury paper mill in Cape Breton are knocked down, one remains quietly under the radar.

Creditors of the NewPage mill voted overwhelmingly in support Wednesday of selling the Point Tupper facility to Pacific West Commercial Corp.

The positive vote leaves just two high-profile conditions that must be met before reopening the paper mill — an advanced tax ruling and a discounted power rate.

But a critical fibre agreement between the province and Pacific West, an affiliate of Stern Partners Inc. of Vancouver, remains unresolved.

NewPage Will Buy Stevens Point PM from Stora

http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20120816/APC03/120816016/NewPage-restructuring-plan-includes-purchase-No-35-paper-machine-Stevens-Point-mill-from-Stora-Enso?odyssey=nav|head&nclick_check=1

As part of its newly filed plan to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, NewPage Corp. would buy one of its central Wisconsin paper machines from the mill's former owner.

The Miamisburg, Ohio-based manufacturer of coated paper currently leases the No. 35 machine at its Stevens Point mill from Stora Enso Oyj, said Cliff Bowers, a local NewPage spokesman.

AF&PA Releases Containerboard Report

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The American Forest & Paper Association released its July 2012 U.S. Containerboard Statistics Report today.

Containerboard production rose 2.3% over June 2012 but fell 2.2% compared to same month last year. The month-over-month average daily production decreased 1%. The containerboard operating rate for July 2012 lost one point over June 2012 from 96.3% to 95.3%.

AF&PA Releases Paperboard Report

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The American Forest & Paper Association has released its July 2012 U.S. Paperboard Report.

Total boxboard production decreased by 4.1 percent compared to July 2011 and decreased 0.4 percent from last month. Unbleached Kraft Folding production decreased over the same month last year but increased compared to last month. Total Solid Bleached Boxboard & Liner production decreased compared to July 2011 and last month. The production of Recycled Folding decreased compared to July 2011 but increased when compared to last month.

Crane Consolidates Operations

http://www.masslive.com/business-news/index.ssf/2012/08/berkshire_county_paper_company_crane_co.html

The western Massachusetts company that has provided the paper used to make U.S. currency since 1879 has announced plans to lay off 55 workers.

Dalton-based Crane & Co. says the job eliminations announced Wednesday are part of a consolidation plan to rejuvenate the 211-year-old paper company's stationery business.

Crane plans to relocate its two stationery operations in Pittsfield and one in Dalton to its facility in North Adams.

Nova Scotia Defines Clearcutting

Nova Scotia finally defines clearcutting:
The province of Nova Scotia has a goal of reducing clearcutting to no more than 50% of the total tree harvest in the province by 2016.
However, that goal proved to be difficult to implement without a technical definition of clearcutting.
After much consultation, in Nova Scotia, a clearcut is now defined as a forest harvest where less than 60% of the area is sufficiently occupied with trees taller than 1.3 meters.

Details on June ABC Figures; Preteen Titles Fastest Growing

June ABC figures reveal recovery in men's lifestyle magazines:
June's ABC figures also revealed that circulation of pre-teen magazines was the fastest growing in the consumer market, with a 537% year-on-year increase.
Moshi Monsters magazine led the way for the sector, which averaged a circulation of 227,958, a 34.1% increase for the sixth months since December.
The magazine experienced the biggest growth for the period except Virgin Media, which increased its circulation by 100,000 copies, all of which were paid for.
Free magazine Shortlist led the sector, ranking 10^th overall in the highest circulating magazines following a 1% growth since June 2011...Men's Health reported a less than 1% decline, an improvement on its 10% year-on-year drop in December...Hearst's Cosmopolitan more than doubled its digital circulation, distributing 13,298 editions this period compared to 5,675 in December. 
Printed titles aimed at primary school children also experienced exponential growth of 183.9% since June 2011, helped by the launch of Club Penguin Magazine launched in February this year.
Women's interest magazines continue to dominate the industry, despite all taking a tumble since 2011,
Customer magazines continued to lead the consumer magazine sector, with five titles featured in the top 10 highest circulating publications.

Polestar to Print "Scent" Magazine

Polestar to print new perfume magazine for River Group:
The publisher, which is behind Superdrug's in-store magazine Dare, will deliver the free, quarterly title from November this year with the initial aim of supporting Christmas sales.
Polestar will print the 52pp, full-colour magazine on 54gsm stock on its Cerutti gravure press site in Sheffield.
Scent, which will also be delivered online, will have a print circulation of 300,000.

Apple Calls eBook Settlement Unfair

Apple Rips eBook Settlement as ‘Unlawful’ and ‘Fundamentally Unfair’: Apple is urging a federal court to reject the Justice Department’s proposed settlement with a group of eBook publishers, calling the terms “fundamentally unfair, unlawful, and unprecedented.” In a filing on Wednesday, Apple on Wednesday, Apple argued that the court should not accept the settlement until Apple and the remaining publishers have had their day in court.

"Best Life" Gets New Life

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/180998/mag-bag-best-life-is-reborn.html?print

After the recession cut a wide swath through the magazine business, some departed titles are being resurrected by publishers banking on continued interest by readers and advertisers. Rodale is bringing back men’s lifestyle magazine Best Life, which shuttered in May 2009, on a limited basis.
As the timing indicates, Best Life has not returned to its regular monthly publication schedule -- yet. That will depend on advertiser and reader response. In its previous incarnation, it had a circulation of over half a million.

NPES to Update ‘World Wide Market for Print’

NPES to Update Its Flagship ‘World Wide Market for Print’ Study: RESTON, VA—August 16, 2012—NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies plans to undertake a major revision of its 2006 landmark study, “World Wide Market for Print,” conducted by NPES’s market research unit, PRIMIR. After an extensive proposal review period, NPES awarded the contract to the Economist Intelligence Unit, the business information arm of The Economist Group and the world’s leading provider of country intelligence.