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  • BC State of the Forest 2013

    BC’s forest sector manufacturing sales increased in 2013, with many product prices increasing substantially compared to 2012, according to the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations “State of the Forests” report released this week. The US economy continued to gradually improve, as seen in the employment status and housing market, and this…

  • Weyerhaeuser, Conifex Report

    Bolstered by strong wood product and timber sales, Weyerhaeuser Company, out of Federal Way, WA, August 1 reported 2Q 2014 earnings of US$280 million from operations of US$2 billion. Net earnings were US$234 million, or 40 cents per diluted share. This compares with net earnings of US$183 million, or 33 cents per diluted share, for…

  • Interfor Selected for US Biomass Fuel Program

    Interfor, based in Vancouver, BC, said one of its Oregon sawmills has been selected to participate in a federal program in the United States encouraging the production of biomass, according to Clean Tech Canada Thursday. Interfor’s sawmill in Gilchrist, OR, southeast of Portland, was chosen by the head of the US Department of Agriculture to…

  • Resolute Seeks Sawmill

    Resolute Forest Products, out of Montreal, QC, and the world’s largest newsprint maker, is seeking to reduce its reliance on the low-grade paper by expanding its Canadian solid wood-products business into the US. Already North America’s fifth-largest lumber producer, Resolute has been assessing potential opportunities to buy or construct US lumber mills, Chief Executive Officer…

  • EACOM Reopens

    A northwestern Ontario sawmill officially re-opened Tuesday after being shuttered for more than five years, said CBC. The Eacom Timber Corporation has spent the last several months retrofitting the mill in Ear Falls, ON. By the middle of the month, more than 50 people will be working on the first shift, general manager Harrison Wicks…