SEATTLE, WA — Production cost margins for sawmills in Brazil, Russia and Finland have fallen during the first half of 2017, while they increased to their second highest level in 13 years in the US South in the 2Q/17, according to Wood Resource Quarterly. The sawmill margins to cover non-wood costs and profits have been…
Arsenault Sawmill Ltd. of Richmond, P.E.I., went into receivership almost a year ago owing the P.E.I. government more than $3.7 million. PricewaterhouseCoopers, the court-appointed receiver, is currently preparing to sell off almost 100 different properties connected to the sawmill company. The receiver has said it doesn’t expect their sale will generate enough revenue to cover…
SHERBROOKE and TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Que. – Kruger Inc. is will invest $377.6 million to diversify operations at its Brompton and Wayagamack Mills into specialty niches, such as flexible food packaging, labelling and digital printing. This major project, undertaken in partnership with the Government of Québec, will help to maintain more than 500 jobs in the Mauricie…
Tembec’s Kapuskasing Sawmill is a two-shift operation that consumes approximately 410,000 m3 of roundwood logs on an annual basis. The entire volume is received within a three-and-a-half month period, during frost season (December through March). Approximately 10,000 transport loads of logs are received in this short period. One of the challenges for the mill is…
Tahtsa Group has rebuilt and upgraded Corewood Sawmill in Houston, B.C., to operate cooperatively with Canfor and Pinnacle Renewable Energy. An article on HoustonToday.com explains that Corewood will use low-grade material that is unsuitable for commodity lumber from a local Canfor mill. Corewood will extract value from the material in the form of other wood…
VANCOUVER – Western Forest Products has decided to indefinitely curtail operations at its Somass sawmill located in Port Alberni, B.C. The decision “is in response to the lack of log supply to operate the mill efficiently, as well as the uncertainty caused by duties recently applied to Canadian softwood lumber products sold into the United…
International Wood Industries has revealed plans for a $145-million sawmill facility located in Bonfield, Ont. The development plan consists of a sawmill, three drying kilns, a planer mill, molding mill, and CNC facilities, in addition to ancillary buildings in support of the main processing plants. An administrative office and employee cafeteria are to be included….
The Sultan Industrial Road is a logging road near Chapleau, ON, frequently taken by people wanting to save as much as an hour off an east-west trip between Highways 144 and 129. Northern Ontario mayors for decades have lobbied for the Sultan Road to become a provincial highway, according to a story on CBC News….
Skeena Sawmills is spending $10 million for the first phase of modernizing its sawmill in Terrace, a move that allow the mill to better handle second growth timber, according to a report in the Terrace Standard. The upgrade has already started, with the mill buying a high-speed canter saw for small logs. “This is part…
A small BC sawmill has cut production and is exploring new domestic markets in response to U.S. duties on softwood lumber. “Half of our operation is shut down right now and we’ve got about eight guys laid off,” Jay Nelson of Galloway Lumber Company told The Free Press. “It’s an incredible hit to a company…