by Web Editor | Apr 8, 2015 | News
Plans for a lumber mill in Williams by the contractor overseeing a massive forest-thinning project in northern Arizona’s forests appear stuck on the back burner. Good Earth Power AZ was reissued a grading permit this week, but it could be several weeks before...
by Web Editor | Apr 6, 2015 | News
U.S. hardwood lumber exports totaled 116 million board feet in January—the latest month with available trade data—which was virtually unchanged from the prior month but down 14% from January 2014. Year-on-year shipments to Asia and Europe were down 22% and 6%,...
by Web Editor | Apr 1, 2015 | News
Canadian Lumber Companies Boost U.S. Mill Activity As Domestic Production Wanes Canada’s top lumber companies, struggling to make two-by-fours from trees killed by the mountain pine beetle, made less lumber at home in 2014, but made up for it by increasing production...
by Web Editor | Mar 31, 2015 | The Issues
Story by Dan Shell, Managing Editor Way back 20 years ago I had a hot lead on a hardwood sawmill in Eugene, Ore. Diamond Wood Products actually operated three manufacturing facilities in the state, but the Eugene mill was said to be one of the best hardwood sawmills...
by Web Editor | Mar 30, 2015 | News
Hardwood Publishing says its latest Leading Hardwood Demand Indicator (LHDI), while rising in the March through May 2015 period, is falling behind the levels of 2014. A big unknown: how much lumber China will be buying. The LHDI, a forecast of future demand for U.S....
by Web Editor | Mar 26, 2015 | Editor's Blog
Northwest Hardwoods: 20-Year Project Article by Dan Shell, Senior Editor, Timber Processing April 2015 The cover story for the April 2015 issue of Timber Processing, Northwest Hardwoods sawmill in Eugene, Ore., represents a project that only took two decades to come...
