Feb 16, 2018 | News, News/PR
Drax Biomass, which operates two Louisiana wood pellet manufacturing facilities as well as a shipping operation in the Port of Baton Rouge, will move its corporate headquarters from Atlanta to Monroe. Company President Pete Madden said the move allows Drax “to...
Feb 12, 2018 | News, News/PR
Arkansas will ask 120 of its active sawmills to participate in a survey, which will allow it to construct year-end harvest and production reports. “The Timber Products Output Survey (TPO) helps us better understand the forest industry, and increases the...
Feb 7, 2018 | News, News/PR
Continuing to maintain renewable power sources, Duke Energy and Craven County Wood Energy (CCWE) have renewed a long-term power agreement to purchase 100% of the electricity produced by the 50 MW biomass-powered plant in New Bern, NC. The facility uses mainly wood...
Feb 5, 2018 | News, News/PR
IKEA Group acquired its first U.S. forest property, covering approximately 25,000 acres in Lowndes County, Alabama. The investment in forestry is part of a broader strategy to invest in the sustainable production of resources that IKEA Group consumes directly, such as...
Feb 2, 2018 | News, News/PR
A Chinese company will put more money and jobs into its Arkansas industrial plant than it originally planned, according to a Tuesday news release. Sun Paper announced the total investment in its pulp mill outside of Arkadelphia is now $1.8 billion, increasing from its...
Jan 31, 2018 | News, News/PR
Dry conditions in our area are making it dangerous. Farmers said they are seeing the impacts of the drought due to the continued dry and dead grass and windy conditions. “We are in relatively high drought conditions in the Southside, Pittsylvania County in...
