Author: Madison’s Lumber Reporter

By Earl Heath, Madison’s Pellet Report Editor Québec Government and Indigenous Community to Build Pellet Plant Provincial energy utility Hydro-Québec recently reached an agreement with the Atikamekw community of Opitciwan and Société en commandite Onimiskiw Opitciwan (SCOO) to finalize a 4.8 MW biomass cogeneration plant that will replace the community’s existing diesel-fired power unit. The new…

The usual mid-summer lull of lumber sales slow-down arrived as the calendar turned to August. Raging, indeed explosive, wildfires in many regions of the continent caused great concerns. Conditions in the forests across North America were prime for fire activity, as droughts were ongoing for several years. Evacuation orders and emergency responses were scattered all…

As lumber sales and construction activity went into true summer slow-down, the ongoing situation of lack of solid wood inventory throughout the supply chain served to keep lumber prices firm. In a good consistency from the past year, benchmark lumber item Western S-P-F 2×4 prices matched exactly that of one year ago. Given that sawmills…

Building more value from every tree Study tours, government partnerships and industry collaborations are accelerating the exchange of ideas on fibre utilization, forest management and the bioeconomy. See Part I here . . . Managing forests differently One lesson repeatedly highlighted by Canadian visitors is Finland’s approach to commercial thinning. Unlike B.C., where thinning is…