Posts Tagged ‘sawmills’

Report: Sawtimber prices to be up and down

by MBJ Staff Published: September 23,2011

Tags: agriculture, forestry, forests, lumber, sawmills, sawtimber, timber, trees, wood

Forisk Consulting of Athens, Ga., forecasts sawtimber prices for the U.S. South weakening 2.7 percent in 2012 and then strengthening 2.9 percent into 2013. Key factors include weak expectations for housing starts and low utilization rates at sawmills. While sawtimber prices can increase temporarily from artificial shortages related to weather and logging capacity, long-term strengthening [...] [...]

Alabama company buys sawmill

by Associated Press Published: January 25,2010

Tags: forestry, lumber, mergers and acquisitions, sawmills, timber

BROOKHAVEN — An Alabama wood treatment company has completed its acquisition of the former Rex Lumber sawmill in Brookhaven. Terms were not disclosed. Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc. (GSWP) of Abbeville, Ala., announced that it had completed the acquisition this week. The company will produce its YellaWood pressure-treated lumber at the site. The company has [...] [...]

State loses one in 10 sawmills

by Wally Northway Published: December 22,2009

Tags: forestry, lumber, lumber mills, sawmills, timber

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The overall value of Mississippi’s 2009 timber harvest failed to reach $1 billion for the first time in 16 years, but unlike other crops, extreme weather was not the reason, the Mississippi State Extension Center reports. New housing starts dropped off sharply because of the current economic downturn. The decline in demand [...] [...]

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