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West Fraser Acquires
West Fraser Timber, out of Vancouver, BC, has acquired Travis Lumber Co’s sawmill and lumber manufacturing operations based in Mansfield, AR, the company announced Monday. In 2013, Travis Lumber’s sawmill produced more than 100 million board feet of lumber. West Fraser said it plans to invest additional capital in the mill and grow capacity to…
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Lumber News Archives: May 2012
Forestry, Paper, and Packaging ; Madison’s Timber Preview; US Housing Starts ; Wildfires; WorkSafeBC Announcement ; Softwood Lumber Export Tax Reduction Forestry Week ; Canadian Lumber Production, Shipments; Canada Housing Starts, Building Permits ; Housing Starts, Japan; Sawmill Safety Order, Insurance Rates; Sawmill Fires ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; Financial Results ; BC Contractor Fatality…
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Lumber News Archives: Sept 2011
Council of Forest Industries ; Madison’s Investment Rx ; AbitibiBowater Fire in Thunder Bay ; Canadian Housing Starts ; Plywood Inventory, Japan ; Wayne Clogg to Retire from West Fraser Softwood Lumber Arbitration ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; Canada Building Permits, International Trade ; Wildfires Continue ; Ainsworth Lumber Management ;Construction in China ; Longhorn…
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Lumber News Archives: Aug 2011
Softwood Lumber Agreement ; US Proposal for Log Exports to China ; Housing Starts, US ; Conifex Posts 2Q Loss ; First Nations and China ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; Canada Housing Starts ; CN Rail Transportation Deal ; Housing Starts, Japan Carbon Credits ; EACOM Closes Deal ; Bioenergy Project Approvals, British Columbia ;…
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Lumber News Archives: July 2011
Maritime Lumber Bureau ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; West Fraser Sells ; Canada Housing Starts ; Housing Starts, Japan ; US Mortgage Applications US Mortgages ; Madison’s Investment Rx ; Pine Beetle Survives Winter in Alberta ; China Annual 2010 and 1Q 2011 Wood Demand ; Winton Global Employees’ Appeal ;Global Pulp Market ; Madison’s…
