by Web Editor | Aug 3, 2012 | News
Sawdust, wood shavings and chips, which are suspected to have played a part in two recent deadly sawmill explosions, have also fuelled dozens of fires at B.C. sawmills over the past decade. Sawdust was listed as the material that first caught fire in more than half of...
by Web Editor | Aug 1, 2012 | News
Austria’s Klausner Group Plans To Build Sawmill In North Florida The U.S. subsidiary of Austrian lumber giant Klausner Group is planning to build a 700 million board ft./year sawmill in North Florida, Euwid reported on July 30. Few details have apparently been...
by Web Editor | Jul 30, 2012 | News
Weyerhaeuser Co., one of the industry’s largest supplier of wood products, reported net sales from continuing operations of $1.8 billion for its second fiscal quarter, a 12.5% increase over net sales from continuing operations of $1.6 billion in the second quarter a...
by Web Editor | Jul 27, 2012 | News
U.S. Representative Steve Pearce is continuing to pursue his desire to create jobs by reestablishing logging and sawmilling in New Mexico, and specifically in Cibola County. He visited the Mt. Taylor Manufacturing’s sawmill in Milan recently to learn about and support...
by Web Editor | Jul 25, 2012 | News
It was six months ago last Friday that explosion and fire ripped through the Babine Forest Products saw mill in Burns Lake. Two people died, a further 44 were injured. Since that time, there have been numerous efforts launched to assist the community in its recovery...
by Web Editor | Jul 23, 2012 | News
More than $2.3 million is being invested this year in the Wood First program to broaden the use of B.C. wood products in commercial, government, and mid-rise buildings. The 2012-13 Wood First Investment Strategy allocates available Wood First funding to the following...
