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Arkansas Sawmill’s Revival Gives Town A Lift

A sawmill has reopened in Glenwood nearly seven years after being shuttered, providing an economic boost to a town of 2,500 hard on the banks of the Caddo River and nestled in a valley of the Ouachita Mountains. When word of the mill’s imminent reopening spread...

Conifex Timber Gets $130 Million To Restart Arkansas Sawmill

Conifex Timber Inc. of Vancouver said this week that it received a $130 million secured revolving credit facility to fund the modernization and restart of its sawmill in El Dorado. The company, whose lumber products are sold in the U.S., China, Japan and Canada, said...

Conifex Timber Buying Shuttered G-P Sawmill In Arkansas

Conifex Timber Inc. of Vancouver, Canada, said Thursday that it is buying the former Georgia-Pacific sawmill south of El Dorado. The statement said Conifex has completed the purchase of the outstanding shares and shareholder loans of a private Delaware company. The...