by Web Editor | May 11, 2012 | News
B.C. sawmill operators are facing skyrocketing insurance rates after the industry was hit hard by two fatal explosions in the span of three months. Flavelle Sawmill in Port Moody was forced to shut down last week after the company was told insurance premiums were...
by Web Editor | May 9, 2012 | News
British Columbia’s wood products manufacturers have come together in an unprecedented collaboration to advance research and best practices in improving mill safety in response to the devastating explosions at Babine Forest Products and Lakeland Mills. Until we...
by Web Editor | May 7, 2012 | News
WorkSafeBC officials say they are still trying to determine the cause of fatal blast that leveled the Burns Lake sawmill in January, including what role sawdust may have had in the explosion that killed two mill workers and injured 19. During an investigation update...
by Web Editor | May 4, 2012 | News
Kimberly-Clark said Thursday it plans to demolish its closed pulp-and-paper mill on Everett’s waterfront and sell the 66-acre property. The company laid off 760 employees before shutting down the roughly 80-year-old plant earlier this month. It will tear down the mill...
by Web Editor | May 2, 2012 | News
In an unprecedented, precautionary crackdown, safety officials are ordering every sawmill in British Columbia to remove all accumulated sawdust from their premises, a factor cited as a possible trigger of two catastrophic mill explosions in the past three months. The...
by Web Editor | Apr 30, 2012 | News
Canfor Corporation recently announced that the company will be proceeding with capital improvement projects totaling approximately $40 million in its sawmill facilities in the Kootenay region of British Columbia. These investments represent the first major component...
