International Forest Products Limited announced today that it had reached agreement in principle to acquire the assets of Keadle Lumber Enterprises, Inc. of Thomaston, Georgia.
Interfor to Acquire Keadle Lumber in Thomaston, Georgia
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Korean-based Dongwha Timbers has opened its $76m plant at Bombala [NSW]
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Korean-based Dongwha Timbers opened its $76m plant at Bombala on Friday.
Montana’s Pyramid Mountain Lumber looks to the future of the timber industry
Pyramid Mountain Lumber Company in Seeley Lake is the oldest surviving family-owned and operated lumber mill in Montana, surviving a decline in the housing market and operating on a decreasing supply of raw materials.
Senator Mark Udall visits a Montrose, CO sawmill
Senator Mark Udall visited a Montrose sawmill, Thursday, to talk about how the forest industry can help Colorado’s economy.
Boise company buys closed Louisiana sawmill, plans to reopen it
An Idaho company has bought a shuttered sawmill in Coushatta and plans to reopen it later this year, creating 90 jobs, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Tuesday.
Update on $35 million Chetwynd Forest Industries sawmill upgrade
Chetwynd Forest Industries is continuing on into the second phase of a West Fraser Mills capital expenditure plan to invest in a $35 million upgrade to the sawmill.
Sawmill fire threatens to bankrupt Talbot County rehab clinic
A charity run by a Phenix City church is in trouble following a devastating fire. Flames destroyed a crucial structure on City Gate Ministry’s site in Talbot County and now a problem with their insurance coverage is threatening to put them under.
Buckeye Technologies Inc. to be acquired by Georgia-Pacific LLC
Buckeye Technologies Inc. and Georgia-Pacific LLC today announced that they have reached a definitive agreement for Georgia-Pacific to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Buckeye Technologies’ common stock for $37.50 per share in cash.
After 90 years, Rough & Ready Lumber will close permanenty, laying of 85, highlights logging stalemate in Congress
Citing a lack of federal timber, Rough & Ready Lumber is closing its 90-year-old sawmill in Cave Junction, the last mill operating in southwest Oregon’s Josephine County. The closure, announced Wednesday, means the loss of 85 jobs. It comes amid a Congressional stalemate on plans to boost logging in U.S. Bureau of Land Management forests.
Burns Lake buys Canoe sawmill equipment
Sawmill equipment from Canoe Forest Products Ltd. now resides in Burns Lake.
Corner Brook Pulp and Paper gets $90M government loan
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Tom Marshall, Newfoundland and Labrador’s natural resources minister, says a $90-million business fund announced in the provincial budget in March will go in its entirety to Corner Brook Pulp and Paper as a loan.
Lumber and Sons: The history and future of family-run lumber mills in the Northeast [Video]
Well-made video highlights some family-run sawmills in the Northeast, and shows how fathers are passing their knowledge and companies to new generations.
Georgia-Pacific ramping up operations in S.C.
Georgia-Pacific showcased its oriented strand board plant in Clarendon County Wednesday, which recently began ramping up operations to supply the needs of a quickening home-construction market in the eastern United States.
Vietnam forests develop more rapidly than timber processing factories
Vu Huu Nhan, Deputy Secretary of the M’drak district’s party committee, said there are some 9,000 hectares of planted forests in the locality.
Federal cash announced for Millar Western bio-energy facility
The federal government formally announced funding for Millar Western Forest Products’ bio-energy facility, the construction of which is well under way.
Chipper and natural gas will save Northern Pulp $16 million/year
The Nova Scotia government announced in early April more than $20 million in loans to the pulp mill, to help fund these projects.
Lack of timber challenges Montana sawmill
It is spring break-up in the mountains, where wet, muddy conditions prevent loggers and haulers from working for the next few weeks.
Poised for a rebound – Plum Creek restarts Montana mill and adding employees
If a look and a sound can tell a story, the look on Tom Ray’s face as he listened to the collective sound of a buzzing sawmill told a story that Northwest Montana would like to hear.
Shuttered Big River, Saskatchewan sawmill showing signs of life
After closing its doors in 2006, the Big River sawmill is once again a place of activity fueling optimism in the once-proud forestry town.
Congressman Daines visits Livingston, MT lumber mill to address timber shortage
Congressman Steve Daines continues his statewide natural resources tour with a stop at Livingston’s RY Lumber Mill on Thursday.
