Rentech, Inc. (NASDAQ: RTK) announced today that its subsidiary, New England Wood Pellet (NEWP), has acquired the assets of Allegheny Pellet Corporation (Allegheny). The acquisition expands NEWP’s market position as the largest producer of wood pellets for the U.S. heating market.

Wood pellet producer Rentech Inc. will receive $4 million in aid from the Ontario government to convert two idle composite panel plants into pellet mills.

Rentech, Inc. has acquired New England Wood Pellet (NEWP), the largest producer of wood pellets for the U.S. heating market and a repeat target of OSHA combustible dust violations.

Rentech, Inc. (NASDAQ: RTK) announced that it has acquired New England Wood Pellet (NEWP), the largest producer of wood pellets for the U.S. heating market.

Rentech, Inc.announced the acquisition of Georgia-based Fulghum Fibres, Inc. (Fulghum Fibres) and the acquisition of two facilities for conversion to the production of wood pellets in Ontario, Canada, along with contracts for the sale and transport of more than four million metric tons of wood pellets over ten years.

Rentech, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: RTK) today announced that its proposed Olympiad Renewable Energy Centre (Olympiad Project) in The Township of White River (White River), Ontario, has been selected by the Province of Ontario for a proposed supply of up to 1.1 million cubic metres (1.3 million U.S. tons) per year of Crown timber.

SAULT STE. MARIE, ON -- Canada is set to bet up to $200 million that the idea of converting wood into an alternative jet fuel for commercial aviation will fly.