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Mattawa Sawmill Sold
A shuttered former Tembec sawmill in Mattawa, ON, has been sold to a southern Ontario green-tech startup company, according to Northern Ontario Business Friday. The Mattawa-Bonfield Economic Development Corporation (MBEDC) announced that the BioNorth Technology Group acquired the 187-acre mill property in August. The company needs a minimum of 50,000 cubic metres of fibre annually…
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Maibec Invests
Maibec Inc, out of Levis, QC, has invested more than $20 million in the upgrade of its lumber mill in St-Pamphile de l’Islet. The upgrade included the acquisition of high-tech, high-performance equipment that maibec says will enable it to optimize the use of resources while increasing agility in manufacturing value-added products for customers and improving…
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Southern Pine Lumber Exports: June 2014
USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service reported Friday exports of Southern Pine to be approximately 41.2 million board feet (MMbf) during June 2014. This volume represents an increase of just 2 per cent above the same month last year. But collectively, the first half of this year has recorded a hefty increase of 22 per cent when…
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Terrace Log Storage Yard Cleared Out
A Chinese-owned forest company has now moved all of its logs from a city-of-Terrace-owned property and has cleared the site in northern BC, according to the Terrace Standard Tuesday. YaoRun Wood Company began leasing the approximately 20 acres from the city in early 2013 for $10,000 a month, storing logs there until they could be…
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Sawmill Fire
Fire destroyed a sawmill in Marysville, ID, on Thursday night. The fire was burning in stacks of firewood and timber at Fisher Logging near Ashton. Firefighters were able to protect other buildings. Damage was estimated at US$250,000. The sawmill had not operated for past six months, but there were 10-foot-high piles of sawdust on the…
