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New BC Forest Licences
This week the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations announced the creation a new type of forest licence that allows emerging, innovative forestry companies to more effectively respond to fluctuations in the supply of wood fibre. These licences will allow secondary manufacturers, such as pellet producers, to apply for supplemental forest…
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Sawmill Fires
At least 30 firefighters from Maple Ridge and Mission, British Columbia, worked through Saturday night and into Sunday morning fighting a fire that consumed at least half of Whonnock cedar mill’s main building at 27400 Lougheed Highway. It could be a few months, at least, before Fraser Cedar Products’ shake and shingle operation is back…
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UBC Researcher Develops Wearable Dust Monitor
A startup, Nanozen, based out of the University of BC in Vancouver, has developed a real-time, wearable particle sensor for use in mines, sawmills, and other industrial locations where dust and particles can lead to dangerous explosions and debilitating respiratory diseases, according to the Vancouver Sun Friday. Winnie Chu, a professor in environmental health at…
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GP Expands Sawmill
Georgia-Pacific, out of Atlanta, GA, announced plans Thursday to invest US$37 million in its lumber plant in Gurdon, AR, to expand the production capacity of the sawmill by about 60 per cent. The improvements include the installation of a new continuous dry kiln and a planer mill, in addition to infrastructure improvements. The project is…
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EACOM Plans to Ramp Up
Five years after it was mothballed, EACOM’s sawmill in Ear Falls in northwestern Ontario fired up for production in early August. The annual production target is 70 to 75 million board feet. A second shift, planned for 2015, would boost that to 140 to 150 million, according to Northern Ontario Business Friday. The company is…
