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Castlegar’s Celgar is fighting to sell excess “green” power
The Business in Vancouver newspaper is reporting that Celgar, located just north of Castlegar, is fighting with BC Hydro over the sale of excess power to Fortis BC—BC Hydro’s main competitor.
A main player in Golden
Golden Engineered Wood Products, which has enjoyed a longstanding presence in the town of Golden, is proud of its work and workforce.
Canfor plans $40 million sawmill upgrade in Kootenays—Radium to re-open with new planer
Canfor Corp. (TSX:CFP) plans to spend $40 million to upgrade sawmills in the Kootenay region.
The Canfor signs are up in Cranbrook
Canfor has completed the acquisition of the Tembec Industries Ltd. southern British Columbia interior wood products assets—consisting of the Elko and Canal Flats sawmills and approximately 1.1 million cubic metres of combined Crown land, private land and contract annual allowable cut.
East Kootenay sawmills have a new owner
On November 28, 2011, Canfor Corporation announced an agreement made with Tembec Industries Ltd. that they will acquire Tembec's sawmills in Elko and Canal Flats in southeastern B.C.
Building a bright future
The Midway mill has been re-opened and brought back to life—a venture that turned out to be a true community effort in every sense.
Edgewater lumber producer secures forest fibre supply
WoodEx currently creates and exports value-added lumber products, primarily for the Chinese and Japanese market. The mill does not have its own forest tenure, so can now tap into some 5,000 cubic metres of timber on Akisqnuknik lands.
Canfor to buy Tembec’s B.C. lumber assets for $60 million: Tembec keeps Skookumchuck pulp mill
Canfor, which is Canada’s largest lumber producer, will buy Tembec’s Elko and Canal Flats sawmills and approximately 1.1 million cubic metres of combined Crown, private land and annual allowable cut.
Fit to Plant program helps set safety milestone at Canadian Timberlands
Canadian Timberlands has completed its tree planting operations across B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario, and although more than 12 million trees were planted, not one recordable safety incident was incurred for the 2011 planting season.
West Kootenay based KMC Track Skidders meet growing demand in South America
Over the past years, Kootenay Manufacturing Co. (KMC) has been supplying countries in South America with FMC and KMC Track Skidders. The majority of machines are in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile and Brazil.