Wood-Mizer introduces LX450 Twin Rail sawmill

Indianapolis, IN – Wood-Mizer’s LX450 sawmill is the first Wood-Mizer LX series sawmill released in North America. The addition of the LX sawmill series makes Wood-Mizer the first and only company to give sawyers the choice between a monorail or twin rail sawmill in...

Fire destroys cut wood north of Thunder Bay

THUNDER BAY — Fire destroyed a quantity of cut wood at a timber harvesting operation 75 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay on June 23. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry believes the blaze was sparked by a lightning strike, according to a story on...

U.S. imposes more duties on Canadian lumber

As expected, the U.S Department of Commerce announced June 26 an antidumping duty that applies to most exporters of Canadian softwood lumber, in addition to the countervailing duties applied in April of this year. The Commerce Department has concluded a preliminary...