Two programs coming to Atlanta next month can help Southern lumber manufacturers become more efficient and potentially more profitable. The sessions are being presented by the Lumber Quality Institute of Corvallis, Oregon. On May 5-6,…
North American lumber prices are near the lowest levels in seven months, after a cold, wet start to spring has delayed construction and kept potential buyers away from the housing market. Now, market watchers are…
Saws are humming again at Pleasant River Pine on New Dam Road in Sanford, the site of the former Lavalley Lumber and sawmill. It is hard to imagine that just two years ago, the mill,…
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission has approved $5 million in financing to aid a timber company in the proposed purchase of an abandoned plant in Union County. The commission approved the financing this week for…
Contacts are still talking about the impacts of the terrible winter weather on the hardwood industry. Deep snow and biting cold slowed logging and hurt sawmill production. One Indiana mill reported 145” of snow this…
Continued advances in cross laminated timber (CLT) and wood framing techniques now make wood high-rises practical. A key enabling technology are adhesives. Architects Skidmore Owings & Merrill provided an update on urban construction trends at…
Babine Forest Products announced Thursday it plans to appeal a $1.01-million penalty, the highest ever levied by WorkSafeBC, for a fatal explosion and fire at its Burns Lake sawmill. In a statement Thursday, the company…
West Fraser continues to grow its lumber business in the U.S. South and in western Canada. The company announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Bibler Brothers Lumber sawmill and lumber…