Dec 4, 2017 | News, News/PR
Drax Biomass Inc. (DBI) began start up production this week at its newest facility, LaSalle BioEnergy in Urania, Louisiana. “This is a very exciting moment, we have a dedicated and motivated work force that after months of upgrades, retrofits, and training is ready to...
Nov 29, 2017 | News, News/PR
The Arkansas Agriculture Department’s Forestry Commission (AFC) has suppressed 103 wildfires that burned 1,805 acres in the last four days, and now, 59 of 75 Arkansas counties are under high wildfire danger. Current drought conditions and weather forecasts for low...
Nov 27, 2017 | News, News/PR
Canfor Southern Pine recently announced that it will make a $28 million expansion to its Moultrie facility. Formerly Beadles Lumber Co., Canfor, a Canadian-based firm, purchased 50 percent of the Beadles operation in Moultrie and Thomasville in 2014 and now owns 100...
Nov 20, 2017 | News, News/PR
From: Southern Loggin’ Times Editors Two Canadian-based companies, both in recent years having purchased and now operating multiple sawmills in the U.S. South, are considering building greenfield sawmills in the South. Interfor reports it has completed a...
Nov 15, 2017 | News, News/PR
More than 150 wood pellet manufacturing mills operate across the U.S., many supplying the domestic woodstove pellet market with home heating fuel. More than a quarter are industrial pellet mills, grinding thousands of acres of forest into biomass for overseas export...
Nov 10, 2017 | News, News/PR
In springtime, wildflowers carpet the ground and water trickles down stream beds. In the fall, chestnuts drop from the canopy as yellow leaves flutter to the forest floor like rain showers. There are rugged bluffs, hidden bat-filled caves and an awe-inspiring...
