by Web Editor | Jun 10, 2015 | News
Washington’s Allen Logging Lumber Mill Expects To Cease Operations Next Month Allen Logging, the last production lumber mill on the North Olympic Peninsula’s West End, expects to cease operations by mid-July. The closure will idle 45 workers, including drivers,...
by Web Editor | Jun 8, 2015 | News
A Quebec-based company that completed the purchase of Fraser Timber’s lumber mill in Masardis in January will temporarily layoff its 135 employees next week due to market conditions. The layoff at Maibec will last four weeks, according to Charles Tardif, vice...
by Web Editor | Jun 5, 2015 | News
Washington Lumber Mill Closing After 75 Years The last lumber mill in Snohomish is closing after almost 75 years due to low demand. The Daily Herald of Everett reports that the Seattle-Snohomish Mill plans to close this summer, laying off 68 people. The family-owned...
by Web Editor | May 29, 2015 | News
Log exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska totaled 272 million board feet in the first quarter of 2015, a decrease of nearly 16 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2014, the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station...
by Web Editor | May 27, 2015 | News
Prices for lumber futures contracts are beginning to rise, after drifting downward for months. China’s building contraction and the winter hiatus knocked down prices, but they could jump dramatically, say analysts, as U.S. homebuilding surges. Lumber is traded...
by Web Editor | May 20, 2015 | News
B.C.’s Lakeland Mills Explosion Deaths Ruled Accidental A coroner’s inquest has ruled the deaths of two men at the Lakeland Mills explosion in Prince George, B.C, as accidental. Thursday’s ruling includes 33 recommendations aimed at improving workplace...
