Article By Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief We’re showing our age,” David Richbourg said to me when I told him I had passed along an article I had written about him in 1988 to our associate editor…
Maibec Inc. of Levis, Quebec and Fraser Timber LLC concluded today Maibec’s purchase of the assets of the Masardis, Maine lumber mill. The mill employs approximately 135 people and can produce over 100 million board…
After more than sixty years in business, Erickson Lumber in L’anse is closing down. The Michigan sawmill is the only part of the family business to shut down. Saws are still operating at Erickson Lumber,…
In WOOD MARKETS’ new five-year forecast, the good news is that North American and global economies as well as softwood lumber markets are forecast to continue expanding in 2015 and even faster in 2016 and…
Interfor announced today that it has reached agreement with Simpson Lumber Company, LLC to acquire Simpson’s sawmill operations in Meldrim, GA, Georgetown, SC, Longview, WA and Commencement Bay, WA. The Sawmill Operations are located within…
Wood grinders hummed and blades whirred under the weak winter sun Thursday afternoon as 12 men hustled to transform dozens of ponderosa pine logs into boards, wood chips and sawdust at Newpac Fibre. The Williams-based…
Good Earth Power AZ, LLC (GEPAZ) has signed a lease on a 37-acre parcel in Williams, Arizona that will become the site of a lumber mill and material processing facility needed to support active forest…
While softwood lumber prices have declined this fall from their peak level this past summer — soft yellow pine garnered the largest price decrease — indexes still show the market at its highest point in…