by Web Editor | Apr 18, 2012 | News
Canfor has completed the acquisition of the Tembec Industries Ltd.’s southern British Columbia interior wood products assets consisting of the Elko and Canal Flats sawmills and approximately 1.1 million m3 of combined Crown, private land and contract annual allowable...
by Web Editor | Apr 16, 2012 | News
The powerful softwood lumber lobby in the United States is suggesting it could thwart Canada’s efforts to join a Pacific free trade zone if its neighbor refuses to address long-standing irritants. Zoltan van Heyningen, executive director of the U.S. Lumber...
by Web Editor | Apr 13, 2012 | News
The American lumber lobby says the B.C. government has been under-charging coastal forest companies for timber harvested on Crown lands to the tune of $70 million a year. And that throws into question the accuracy of B.C.’s marketpricing system, according to the...
by Site Manager | Apr 12, 2012 | News
Boise Kinzua Sawmill PILOT ROCK, Ore. – When it acquired the northeast Oregon mill here three years ago, Boise Cascade LLC sought to avoid the impression of big corporate culture “taking over” the facility, says Plant Superintendent Mike Zojonc. “There had...
by Web Editor | Apr 9, 2012 | News
May 15 is the estimated startup date for the Emerald Forest Products sawmill, according to owner Dick Vinson. “There’s lots of work going on at the site,” Vinson said. This includes completing a new stack system, installing new equipment and changes to the dry kilns....
by Web Editor | Mar 30, 2012 | News
The 29th Annual Lumber Quality & Process Control Workshop will be held May 7-8 in Atlanta, Ga., followed by the 24th Annual Lumber Quality Leadership Workshop on May 9-10. The Lumber Quality & Process Control Workshop, held in Atlanta for Southern lumber...
