Atikokan Wood Firm Sold To Americans

There's more American investment coming to Northwestern Ontario.  California's Rentech Inc. has purchased Atikokan Renewable Fuels from Thunder Bay's Ed Fukushima who says he wasn't able to get the necessary Canadian financing to run the plant and made wood pellets.   Rentech has also purchased an idled plant in Wawa, also to produce wood pellets.  

Wood Allocation Speculation Swirls

A provincial government news conference on Monday is garnering the attention of Atikokan Renewable Fuels.  There's speculation that MPP Bill Mauro is going to make an announcement about their wood allocation rights.  Thunder Bay's Ed Fukishima says he'll comment on the company's fate after the announcement in Atikokan.