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...
by Web Editor | Apr 27, 2012 | News
Beetle-killed pine trees across the B.C. Interior will start to become uneconomical to log in the next two to five years, resulting a steep drop in timber supply and employment, according to a technical report prepared for the forests ministry. Cariboo North MLA Bob...
by Web Editor | Apr 25, 2012 | News
Explosions Trigger Safety Review Of B.C.’s Sawmills WorkSafeBC has ordered sawmills across the province to immediately investigate sawdust levels and other possible workplace hazards in their facilities, saying the review is urgently needed given explosions at two...
by Web Editor | Apr 23, 2012 | News
GE Capital Corporate Finance recently announced it is co-collateral agent and documentation agent for a $225 million asset-based loan for 84 Lumber Company, one of the nation’s leading privately-held building materials and services suppliers to professional...
by Web Editor | Apr 20, 2012 | News
Results of a multi‐client benchmarking study show that in spite of operational improvements, dimension lumber mills in the U.S. West have struggled to overcome the narrowing gap between log prices and lumber selling values. The study included 10 dimension lumber...