by Web Editor | Aug 17, 2012 | News
Union Pacific is pulling railcars from storage for the first time in four years to haul lumber for home builders, a welcome source of strength for an industry that’s bucking the effects of a slowing economy. North American rail carloads of lumber and wood products...
by Web Editor | Aug 10, 2012 | News
Work is beginning to rebuild a Timmins sawmill destroyed by fire this past winter. About 120 people were put out of work in January when the Eacom mill was shutdown after the blaze. Company vice-president Mel Lemky said he’s ordering new machinery. In the...
by Web Editor | Aug 9, 2012 | The Issues
Story by Dan Shell, Managing Editor Located in north central Arizona, the newest greenfield sawmill in the U.S. (see page 6) is taking shape, representing the culmination of a decade-long effort by public and private groups and also an unprecedented move by the U.S....
by Web Editor | Aug 8, 2012 | News
China’s slowing economy may benefit Oregon’s lumber and plywood mills by making more timber available at reasonable prices, industry observers say. Wood Resource Quarterly, an industry journal based in Seattle, reported China reduced log imports from the...
by Web Editor | Aug 6, 2012 | News
For some reason, investors seem to be wary of stocks. It may be because bonds have beaten the stuffing out of stocks for the past 20 years. It may be the stream of scandals plaguing Wall Street. Or it may be that they are Facebook shareholders. So today’s column...
by Web Editor | Aug 3, 2012 | News
Sawdust, wood shavings and chips, which are suspected to have played a part in two recent deadly sawmill explosions, have also fuelled dozens of fires at B.C. sawmills over the past decade. Sawdust was listed as the material that first caught fire in more than half of...
