by Web Editor | Mar 6, 2013 | News
Hundreds of sawmill representatives gathered in Portland Monday for a trade association meeting. Thanks to a recovering housing market, the U.S. demand for lumber is increasing. Last year, sawmills in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho sold about 10 percent more lumber....
by Web Editor | Mar 4, 2013 | News
On January 31, the American Lumber Standards Committee (ALSC) Board of Review unanimously approved the new southern pine design values previously submitted by the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau (SPIB). The new values were rescheduled for review in January after the...
by Web Editor | Feb 27, 2013 | News
Huge South Carolina Lumber Mill Could Start Up This Year Klausner Holding USA’s plans to construct a large lumber mill in Rowesville are taking a little longer to come to fruition than elsewhere, but officials say the project is still under development. Orangeburg...
by Web Editor | Feb 25, 2013 | News
Emerald Forest Products in Emmett, Idaho has closed its lumber operation and laid off 50 people. The owner is looking for a buyer. The company, which began in 2010 with help $4 million in federal economic-stimulus money, was undercapitalized, said Dick Vinson, who ran...
by Web Editor | Feb 22, 2013 | News
Klausner May Build Third Sawmill In South Carolina South Carolina’s Bureau of Air Quality approved an air quality and construction permit for Austria’s Klausner, which, through its U.S.-based office, appears to be moving forward with building a sawmill on 248 acres...
by Web Editor | Feb 20, 2013 | News
Lumber exports to China from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska rebounded in the fourth quarter of 2012, jumping to 89.4 million board feet, an increase of 97.2% compared to the third quarter of the year, according to the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific...
