by Web Editor | Mar 21, 2018 | News
An abandoned hardwood lumber mill in Washington will reopen after receiving a large investment. Washington’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and state legislature will invest $1.5 million to get the Raymond, Wash. mill, owned by the Port of Willapa Harbor,...
by Web Editor | Mar 1, 2018 | News
Rex Lumber Plans To Build Sawmill In Alabama, Hunt-Tolko, GP, Canfor Also Announce New Sawmills Southern pine lumber sawmills will soon be spreading like kudzu, with four companies in the past 10 days making announcements that they’re building new ones. Rex Lumber Co....
by Web Editor | Aug 4, 2017 | News
Lumber supplier Pope Resources says a new sawmill in Washington and diminished imports of Canadian logs are driving up its prices. “Log markets in our operating regions are strong due to a multitude of demand and supply factors,” said Tom Ringo, President...
by Web Editor | Apr 19, 2017 | News
It was about a year ago that the owners of Montesano’s Mary’s River Lumber mill on State Route 107 announced it would close. As a result, 38 people lost their jobs, the city lost revenue and the facility basically went idle. In the case of mills, when they shut down,...
by Web Editor | Jun 11, 2014 | News
A California timber company, Sierra Pacific Industries, the second-largest lumber producer in the nation, is assembling a site at Frederickson in southern Pierce County to build a major new sawmill that could employ as many as 200 workers. The company is still in what...