Forestry and Mining



	WINTER 2011 AbitibiBowater certifies Northern Ontario forests AbitibiBowater (TSX: ABH) has announced that it has received Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) certification for the Black Spruce and Dog River-Matawin Forest areas, north of Thunder Bay, ON. This area covers approximately 2.5 million hectares of forest stretching from Lake Nipigon to Quetico Provincial Park. The FSC certification process took more than a year to complete and the certification audit entailed four auditors interviewing stakeholders including local citizens committees, community leaders, First Nations communities and various forest contractors working in the region. The two forest regions were certified by the SmartWood Program of the Rainforest Alliance using the National Boreal Standard of FSC. The certificate (FSC-C107523) is valid for five years subject to the annual Surveillance audits. Winter 2011 News: • AbitibiBowater certifies Northern Ontario forests • Terrafact and Muir in forestry partnership • Liberty Mines restarting Timmins operation in 2012 • Northern Ontario mills close • Bharti family donates $10M to Laurentian University • Saskatchewan's first new potash mine in 40 years