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Crown Will Review WorkSafeBC Sawmill Blasts Case

WorkSafeBC completed its investigations into the explosion on January 20, 2012 at the Babine Forest Products Co. sawmill in Burns Lake and the explosion on April 23, 2012 at Lakeland Mills Ltd. Sawmill in Prince George. Two workers were killed and 20 injured in the...

Louisiana Fraud Lumber Stamp User Pays Big Bucks

Louisiana Fraud Lumber Stamp User Pays Big Bucks Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau has agreed to an out of court settlement in a trademark infringement claim the organization had made against a company in the Southern U.S. for unauthorized use of a certification stamp....

U.S. Home Building Drives Up Lumber Prices

U.S. lumber prices are near an eight-year high as demand for the staple commodity of the American housing sector has risen on the back of a pick-up in new home construction. Lumber – or sawn timber – futures contracts for March delivery stood at $380 per 1,000 board...