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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…
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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…
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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…
