by Working Forest | Mar 1, 2017 | Archives
Wildfires that swept through the northern Alberta forest near Fort McMurray last May continue to frustrate loggers trying to harvest wood from trees killed by the fire before insects and rot make it unusable. The blaze, which destroyed 1,800 single family homes in the...
by Working Forest | Mar 1, 2017 | Archives
Lumber futures scored the biggest gain among major commodities for the month of February, as Donald Trump’s first full month as U.S. president fed uncertainty surrounding the nation’s lumber trade dispute with Canada. Random length lumber for May delivery LBK7, -2.57%...
by Working Forest | Mar 1, 2017 | Archives
Eacom Timber Corporation is hopeful that a new task force announced by the federal government last week will be able to dissuade the United States government from imposing stiff duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports. The forestry company, which operates a large...
by Working Forest | Mar 1, 2017 | Archives
It has been nearly a year since Canfor went public with its exploration of creating bio-crude from pulp operation waste streams. “We are continuing to develop the project from a demonstration plant level to a commercial level” says Martin Pudlas, Vice President of...
by Working Forest | Feb 27, 2017 | Archives
One of the planks in NDP Leader John Horgan’s election platform is made from raw logs (he wants their export “curtailed”), and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is helping him hammer it down. Horgan has criticized a sharp increase of raw logs from coastal...
