by Web Editor | Apr 1, 2015 | News
Canadian Lumber Companies Boost U.S. Mill Activity As Domestic Production Wanes Canada’s top lumber companies, struggling to make two-by-fours from trees killed by the mountain pine beetle, made less lumber at home in 2014, but made up for it by increasing production...
by Web Editor | Feb 27, 2015 | News
At first blush, year-end financials and stock prices for B.C.’s largest forest companies would suggest the province’s forestry sector is well on the road to recovery after a decade-long slump. Interfor Corp., for example, posted record sales of $1.4 billion in 2014...
by Web Editor | Jul 9, 2014 | News
North American lumber supplies and prices could be affected by a ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada granting the Tsilhqot’in First Nation title claim on land in central British Columbia. The decision, handed down June 26, gives the group exclusive right to...
by Web Editor | Jun 30, 2014 | News
Colorado Timber Products: Making Money From Beetle Mayhem The beetle epidemic that’s swept Colorado’s forests since 1996 has left behind millions of acres of dead trees. But that doesn’t mean all the trees are worthless. There is a window of time when the dying tree...
by Web Editor | Jan 31, 2014 | News
B.C. forest companies face new, prescriptive regulations that define how much sawdust can settle in a wood-products plant before it is considered a hazard, almost two years after the deaths of four workers in sawmill explosions. The new regime has been rolled out in...
