by Web Editor | Dec 23, 2011 | News
Merry Christmas from Timber Processing magazine!
by Web Editor | Dec 19, 2011 | News
Maine Executive Order Puts Forest Certification On Equal Footing Maine Governor Paul LePage signed an executive order today directing that “any new or expanded state buildings shall incorporate ‘Green Building’ standards that give certification credits equally to...
by Web Editor | Dec 16, 2011 | News
The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture has appointed 19 representatives to serve on the first national Softwood Lumber Board to oversee the new “check-off” lumber promotion effort. Members will serve two-, three- or four-year terms. Members appointed to represent U.S....
by Web Editor | Dec 12, 2011 | News
A group of 120 shareholders who invested in a failed Watson Lake sawmill 13 years ago are hopeful they’ll be paid back soon by Ottawa if a federal court of appeals upholds their award. The sawmill went bankrupt and ran out of wood in 2000, costing 150 jobs. The...
by Web Editor | Dec 9, 2011 | News
Canfor Announces Permanent Closure Of Rustad and Tackama Mills After a lengthy indefinite shutdown that followed the collapse of the United States residential housing market in 2008, Canfor Corporation has decided to close its historic Rustad Sawmill in Prince George,...
by Web Editor | Dec 5, 2011 | News
Lewiston Mill Sold To Idaho Forest Group Clearwater Paper Corp. is selling its Lewiston, Idaho sawmill to Idaho Forest Group of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The $30 million transaction includes the sale of Clearwater Paper’s sawmill, planer mill, dry kilns, and...
