Tag: sawmill investment

  • North America Lumber Production: Nov 2015

    Lumber production in the US totalled 29.4 BBF for the first eleven months of 2015, an increase of 1.4 per cent from 2014 when it was 28.9 BBF, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s Lumber Track, released Wednesday. Canadian lumber production improved by 7.9 per cent for January to November 2015, to 24.5 BBF…

  • North America Lumber Production: Nov 2015

    Lumber production in the US totalled 29.4 BBF for the first eleven months of 2015, an increase of 1.4 per cent from 2014 when it was 28.9 BBF, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s Lumber Track, released Wednesday. Canadian lumber production improved by 7.9 per cent for January to November 2015, to 24.5 BBF…

  • Canada Sawmills

    Lumber production by sawmills de- creased 1.7 per cent from October to 5,6 million cubic metres in November, said Statistics Canada Wednesday. Compared with November 2014, lum- ber production rose 15.5 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5.5 million cubic metres of lumber in November, down 6.8 per cent from October. Shipments rose 16.1 per cent compared…

  • Sawmills Bought, Sold, Closed: Canada and US

    Canfor Corp announced January 21 that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of Wynndel Box and Lumber, located in the Creston Valley of British Columbia. In the US, Woodgrain Millwork bought the Emmett sawmill, north of Boise, ID, from Gem Forest Products, said KTVB TV January 22. The company plans to…

  • North America Structural Panel Production: 2015

    Structural panel production and apparent consumption in North America decreased by 4.9 per cent and 4.5 per cent in 4Q 2015 from 3Q, as The Engineered Wood Association reported Wednesday. Structural panel production increased by 1 per cent, compared to 4Q 2014, and apparent consumption went up by 1.6 per cent. Numbers from 2015 show…