by Web Editor | Nov 20, 2015 | News
At Sun Mountain Lumber in Deer Lodge, about 50 of its 160-person workforce got pink slips this fall – but owner Sherm Anderson says the sawmill and timber company is still losing money. “We laid off one shift, and all that does is slow down the bleeding, to where you...
by Web Editor | Nov 18, 2015 | News
Colorado Billionaire Conservationist Proposes Huge Sawmill Hedge-fund manager and renowned conservationist Louis Bacon plans to build a large sawmill in the San Luis Valley to help process timber harvested from his Trinchera Blanca Ranch, the largest contiguous ranch...
by Web Editor | Nov 16, 2015 | News
Roseburg Forest Products Names New President Allyn Ford, CEO and president of Oregon-based Roseburg Forest Products, announced that the Ford Family and the Roseburg Board of Directors have chosen Grady Mulbery to assume the role of Roseburg President effective January...
by Web Editor | Nov 9, 2015 | News
Weyerhaeuser Buys Plum Creek, May Sell Pulp Mills Weyerhaeuser Co. and Plum Creek announced a merger that will leave nearly two-thirds majority ownership in Weyerhaeuser shareholder hands. The combined company creates a $23 billion timber REIT (Real Estate Investment...
by Web Editor | Nov 2, 2015 | News
The anticipation of a Federal Reserve rate hike earlier this month had global market analysts teetering on the edge of their seats. They breathed a collective sigh of relief after the Fed announced it would not being raising interest rates at this time, and the...
by Web Editor | Nov 2, 2015 | The Issues
Article by David Abbot, Senior Associate Editor Early in October I traveled to southwestern Arkansas to visit loggers and sawmills for future issues of this and other Hatton-Brown publications. The first thing I noticed: it was dry. Evidently it hadn’t rained there in...
