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B.C. Lumber Industry Not Expected To Meet U.S. Demand

Plans by West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. and Canfor Corp. to close sawmills in the interior have raised concerns that B.C. lumber output in the region will lag demand driven by a rebound in the U.S. housing market. B.C. interior sawmills operated by firms such as West...

Canfor Reaches Agreement To Buy Three Mills In U.S. South

Canfor Reaches Agreement To Buy Three Mills In U.S. South Canfor Corp. announced it has reached an agreement to purchase three sawmills in the southern U.S., marking the third major purchase in the region this year by a B.C. forest company. “Basically, we have a...

Bioenergy Key To Reopening Canfor’s Radium Sawmill

Canfor has begun the process of reopening its sawmill in Radium, B.C., and says bioenergy has been key for the company to get the operation up and running again. Canfor’s Radium mill was shut down in 2009 along with similar operations in Kamloops and Prince...