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South Carolina Logging, Building Bogged Down By Rain
Mother Nature has not been very nurturing to the South Carolina logging, construction and lumber industries recently, with building projects being delayed and loggers struggling to find dry, harvestable land. Neal Branan, president of Orangeburg’s Branan Lumber, said...
Conservationists’ Report Links North Carolina Pellet Mills With Wetland Clear-Cutting
Sensitive North Carolina wetland forests are threatened by Europe’s voracious appetite for wood pellets, two environmental groups say in a new report that targets the Enviva pellet mill in Ahoskie. The report warns that wetland hardwoods around Ahoskie are more likely...
Weyerhaeuser To Restart South Alabama Mill
Weyerhaeuser today announced it will begin plans to restart production on its Trus Joist TJI joists and Microllam LVL lines in Evergreen, Alabama, effective immediately. The company will be investing capital in the engineered lumber products facility after a four-year...
Help Us Carry Out The Southern Loggin’ Times 500 40/40 Plan
Southern Loggin’ Times will turn 500 (as in issues) next May and the editors have come up with what we believe is an appropriate way to mark the special occasion. The SLT 500 40/40 Plan has two components: A. Since there is so much concern about current logging...
Interfor Rebuilds Kiln At Georgia Sawmill, Employees Return To Work
International Forest Products Limited (Interfor) has announced that less than six months after acquiring the Swainsboro, GA, sawmill, it has completed a new $2.8-million state-of-the-art Dual Path Kiln. “When Interfor acquired the Swainsboro mill, we said we would...
European Climate Policy Drives North Carolina Wood Pellet Boom
In the searing August heat in North Carolina, big yellow logging machines pile up the harvest from 153 acres of sweet gum, red oak and maple trees. A roaring log loader grabs the trunks to slice off 16-foot logs and stack them for one of the sawmills that provide a...
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