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Drax Biomass Acquires Louisiana Pellets For $35.4 Million

Wood pellet producer Drax Biomass has acquired Louisiana Pellets with a winning auction bid of $35.4 million. The auction for the bankrupt Louisiana pellet manufacturer culminated on March 30. Louisiana Pellets had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with the U.S....

Virginia Lumber Companies Strike Deal With U.K. Importer

The United Kingdom (U.K.) was one of the top markets for exported Virginia hardwood in 2015, and four Virginia lumber companies recently furthered that trend by striking sales agreements with James Latham PLC, one of the U.K.’s oldest and largest hardwood lumber...

International Forestry Group Tours Drax Biomass In Louisiana

Drax Biomass played host to a diverse group of international scientists and forestry experts at Morehouse BioEnergy on Monday, following an international conference in Little Rock. Jim Guldin, a supervisory research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service and program...

Georgia Forestry Firm Expands In U.S. And U.K.

F&W Forestry Services, Inc., one of the oldest and largest forest management and consulting firms in the U.S., announced recently that it has acquired London-based O.C.S. Group Ltd.’s forestry and land subsidiaries.  The acquisition includes three companies with...