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Seneca Breaks Ground
Major building upgrades are set to begin at Eugene, OR-based Seneca Sawmill Company Friday, said The Register-Guard. The company invited media to the start of a US$60 million overhaul of its dimension mill on Highway 99. The dimension mill processes logs with diameters between 12 and 40 inches. The upgrades will improve efficiency at the…
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Canada Lumber Production at Sawmills: April 2015
Compared with April 2014, Canadian lumber production rose by 6.9 per cent, to 5,617 thousand cubic metres. Lumber production by sawmills in Canada decreased 0.7 per cent from March, said Statistics Canada Thursday. Sawmills shipped 5,434 thousand cubic metres of lumber in April, down 0.9 per cent from March.
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Skeena Sawmill Closes
Hot weather and cool markets in China have resulted in the almost total closure of Skeena Sawmills, Terrace, BC’s, only large sawmill, according to the Terrace Standard Friday. A skeleton crew of 10 people from what was a 90-person workforce is left working. The mass layoff will last at least a month, said Mill official…
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Sawmill Investments
Western Forest Products, Weyerhaeuser, and Interfor all this week announced sawmill upgrades or added shifts. Sawmill Upgrades Nanaimo, BC’s, Western Forest Products is spending $30 million to upgrade three Vancouver Island sawmills, as part of a $125-million capital plan by the company to become more competitive and line up new markets. The Duke Point, BC,…
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Sawmill Curtailments, Closures
Tl’oh Forest Products, out of Fort St. James, BC, will be closing its doors as of July 31st, putting 43 employees out of work, according to 250News Wednesday. The plant produced finger-joint products, but the company says there has been “a fundamental shift in markets that does not allow the business to remain viable”.” The…
