Author: Madison’s Lumber Reporter

  • Interfor Invests

    On November 6 Interfor, out of Vancouver, BC, announced its plans to invest $50 million in state-of-the-art technology for their sawmill operation in Castlegar, BC. The project will convert the mill into a two-line operation from three lines, as well as increase production capacity to 210 million board feet from its current level of 185…

  • Canada Lumber Manufacturing Sales, Lumber Prices : Sept and Nov 2014

    Canada Lumber Sales, Lumber Prices : Sept and Nov 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter

  • Canada Lumber Manufacturing Sales, Lumber Prices : Sept and Nov 2014

    Canada Lumber Sales, Lumber Prices : Sept and Nov 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter

  • Ontario Timber Allocations

    The Town of Fort Frances, ON, became alarmed at the end of October that talks between Resolute Forest Products, Expera Specialty Solutions of Wisconsin, and the Province of Ontario regarding the acquisition of the local kraft mill, had broken off. The town said Expera has indicated a strong interest in acquiring the facility from Resolute,…

  • Canada Sawmill Manufacturing : August 2014

    Lumber production by sawmills in Canada decreased 5.4 per cent from July to 4,693.5 thousand cubic metres in August, said Statistics Canada Thursday. Compared with August 2013, lumber production increased 0.7 per cent. Sawmills shipped 4,871.9 thousand cubic metres of lumber in August, a decrease of 6.3 per cent from July. In January-August 2014 Canadian…