Tag: sawmill

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…

Lumber production in the United States totalled 27.022 billion board feet from January through October 2015. This represents a 1.2 per cent increase as com– pared to January-October 2014, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s “Lumber Track” publication, released Wednesday. Lumber production in Canada from January through October 2015 totalled 22.193 billion board feet.…

Interfor Corporation, out of Vancouver, BC, has resumed operations at its saw- mill in Georgetown, SC, following record rainfalls and extensive flooding in the area over the past two months, as the company said in the press release Thursday. During the height of the rainstorms from October 1-5, two feet of rain fell in Georgetown…

Lumber production by sawmills increased 5.2 per cent from August to 5,563.5 thou- sand cubic metres in September, according to new data released by Statistics Canada Tuesday. Compared with September 2014, lumber production rose 7.8 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5,609.5 thousand cubic metres of lumber in September, up 8.5 per cent from August. Shipments rose…