by Web Editor | Feb 15, 2013 | News
Softwood lumber prices in the US and Canada are back on the rise as an improving housing market in the US has fed through to higher levels of demand and Canadian exports of softwood lumber to China are booming, the latest report has found. In its January 2013 edition...
by Web Editor | Feb 11, 2013 | News
The University of Kentucky’s Department of Forestry has completed a project to help hardwood sawmills determine the feasibility of increasing revenues by selling carbon credits tied to their role in producing long-lived wood products that store carbon....
by Web Editor | Feb 8, 2013 | News
Resolute Forest Products will build a new sawmill in the Atikokan area, according to Resolute president and CEO Richard Garneau. The mill will employ about 90 people, with additional indirect jobs related to hauling lumber and residual chips. The company pegs the cost...
by Web Editor | Feb 6, 2013 | News
Weyerhaeuser Co., a century-old producer of forest products, reported its highest revenue in more than four years, adding heft to recent government data showing that a recovery in the U.S. housing market has taken hold. Fourth-quarter revenue rose 25% to $2-billion...
by Web Editor | Jan 30, 2013 | News
Austrian-Based Klausner Lumber One Invests $130 Million In Florida Sawmill Austrian-based Klausner Lumber One will invest $130 million over the next three years to develop a sawmill in Suwannee County, Florida, creating 350 jobs. Friedrich Klausner of Klausner Lumber...
by Web Editor | Jan 25, 2013 | News
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...
