Jan 4, 2017 | News, News/PR
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...
Dec 21, 2016 | News, News/PR
Kenneth W. Atkins, 56, of Crossett was sentenced Thursday to 68 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and three counts of money laundering. Kenneth Elser, United States attorney for the...
Aug 3, 2016 | News, News/PR
A federal Bureau of Economic Analysis report showing Arkansas having the nation’s fastest growing gross domestic product has led to some head-scratching among economists, but there’s little doubt that forestry is an upward mover in the state’s economy, said economist...
Jun 29, 2016 | News, News/PR
South Arkansas is facing an ever-mounting problem with wood waste. Magnolia Mayor Parnell Vann talked about the problem on Wednesday during a meeting of the Magnolia Economic Development Corporation. The five counties in the Southwest Arkansas Regional Solid Waste...
Jun 8, 2016 | News, News/PR
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...
