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Tag: sawmill

  • Simpson Lumber Mill Closes

    Some 270 jobs at Simpson’s mills in Shelton and Dayton, WA, are going away by June 30 as Simpson sells those operations to a Northern California firm, Sierra Pacific Industries, says The Olympian Friday. The Shelton mill could be replaced by a new state-of-the-art mill employing about 150 to 200 people in 2017.  Get YOUR…

  • Atikokan Planer Mill Running

    The first board was dressed, trimmed, and graded on April 4 in the planing mill at the new Resolute Forest Products, Sapawe sawmill in Atikokan, ON, according to Atikokan Progress and Printing Wednesday. Rough lumber is being delivered each day from the Ignace, ON, sawmill. Two dry kilns are now operating at the Sapawe site…

  • Sawmill Fires

    The cause of a stubborn fire recently at the Flavelle Sawmill in Port Moody, BC, that took crews more than 12 hours to douse may never be known, Port Moody fire chief Remo Faedo said to the Tri-Cities Now. He noted damage to the planer mill was so severe it’s unsafe to do a complete…

  • New Forestry Funding, Canada and US

    Recent announcements by Canadian federal and provincial governments for forestry funding in technology and innovation as well as employment, and by the US Department of Agriculture, will inject much-needed investment into worthwhile timber-related projects, Canada’s federal Government announced the extension of its program to support the growth of overseas markets for Canada’s forest industry, Revenue…

  • Sawmill Fire

    A fire was reported Wednesday in one of the storage buildings at Cottles Island Lumber Company on Cottles Island, near Summerford, NL. Fire fighters from Summerford and Twillingate were still on scene Thursday. By the time firefighters reached the burning warehouse after being alerted by a passing motorist, it was entirely engulfed, said fire chief…