by Web Editor | Apr 16, 2014 | News
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission has approved $5 million in financing to aid a timber company in the proposed purchase of an abandoned plant in Union County. The commission approved the financing this week for Southeastern Timber Products El Dorado LLC....
by Web Editor | Apr 14, 2014 | News
Contacts are still talking about the impacts of the terrible winter weather on the hardwood industry. Deep snow and biting cold slowed logging and hurt sawmill production. One Indiana mill reported 145” of snow this winter; the normal is 40”. Log prices have been...
by Web Editor | Apr 11, 2014 | News
Continued advances in cross laminated timber (CLT) and wood framing techniques now make wood high-rises practical. A key enabling technology are adhesives. Architects Skidmore Owings & Merrill provided an update on urban construction trends at last month’s...
by Web Editor | Apr 9, 2014 | News
Babine Forest Products announced Thursday it plans to appeal a $1.01-million penalty, the highest ever levied by WorkSafeBC, for a fatal explosion and fire at its Burns Lake sawmill. In a statement Thursday, the company said that the fines and administrative penalties...
by Web Editor | Apr 7, 2014 | News
West Fraser continues to grow its lumber business in the U.S. South and in western Canada. The company announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Bibler Brothers Lumber sawmill and lumber manufacturing operations located in Russellville, Arkansas....
by Web Editor | Mar 28, 2014 | News
Canada says it has won an international ruling on export charges levied under the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber agreement. Trade Minister Ed Fast says the London Court of International Arbitration has ruled in favor of the Canadian position that export charges should...
