Mark Elston followed his father into the timber industry back when business was booming. “When I started, you could really mess things up and still make good money,” he said. “You can’t do that anymore.”…
With one foot in the past and one in the future, Hull-Oakes Lumber Co. took a big step last year. A timber-milling outfit famous for having one of the last steam-powered sawmills in the United…
Canfor Corp. says it has an agreement to sell the Daaquam sawmill in Saint-Just-de-Bretenières, Que., in a deal worth $25 million. The deal with Groupe Lebel Inc. and others is expected to close by the…
Story by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief Sometimes we use this space simply to pat ourselves on the back for what we put into the current issue of the magazine. This is one of those times. Talk…
Klausner Lumber One LLC could soon begin construction on a sawmill that will be located at the catalyst site in Northwestern Suwannee County. Meanwhile, improvements continue on county owned land at the catalyst site. The…
Log and lumber exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska increased by 20 percent in volume in 2013 compared to 2012, the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station reported today. The total value…
As brutal weather patterns continued across the most populated parts of North America, lumber and panel traders reported mostly flat prices on solid wood commodities, writes Keta Kosman, publisher of Madison’s Lumber Reporter. Most commonly-traded…
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. and Louisiana-Pacific Corporation announced today that they have entered into timing agreements with each of the Canadian Competition Bureau and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice pursuant to…