by Web Editor | Aug 6, 2018 | News
Interfor To Invest In Georgia Sawmill Interfor Corporation is investing into its Thomaston sawmill in Upson County. The lumber manufacturer announced its Thomaston mill will be part of Phase II of the Southern Investment Strategy. In all, Intefor Corporation is taking...
by Web Editor | Aug 1, 2018 | News
Georgia-Pacific Announces New $150 Million Georgia Sawmill Georgia-Pacific announced plans to build a new regional lumber production facility at the Albany-Dougherty Industrial Park in east Albany on U.S. Highway 82. Construction on the $150 million,...
by Web Editor | Jul 27, 2018 | News
Canfor Corporation says it paid $51.7 million in countervailing duties in the second quarter, the result of U.S. tariffs that went into force in 2017. Canfor, which sells more than half of its lumber to the U.S., reported operating income of $282.1 million for the...
by Web Editor | Jul 25, 2018 | News
In the last few months, lumber supply from Canada, United States’ biggest lumber provider, was shaken by a slew of factors like insect attack, forest fires and shortage of transportation. President Trump’s decision to impose a huge tariff on lumber imports...
by Web Editor | Jul 23, 2018 | The Issues
Article by Rich Donnell Editor-in-Chief You may notice that this issue includes the 40th annual Lumbermen’s Buying Guide. Wow, 40! It kind of snuck up on me. I’ve been writing on these pages for 35 of those years, which means I missed the very first Lumbermen’s Buying...
by Web Editor | Jul 18, 2018 | News
Rex Lumber Officially Begins Construction On Alabama Sawmill Construction has begun on a new state-of-the-art lumber mill in Pike County. Rex Lumber officials and county and state dignitaries dug their shovels into the dirt for the first time on the 214-acre site that...