allAfrica.com: South Africa: Infernos Burn Hole in SA Lumber Supplies (Page 1 of 1) The destruction also bodes ill for the construction industry, with York Timber Organisation warning that damage at one of the timber group's sawmills and the destruction of its plantations would compound the long-term softwood lumber shortage already facing the country. PAPER, pulp and timber companies are set to incur losses running into millions of rands as a result of damage caused by this weekend's...

Mauro said the project will create 60 construction jobs and 25 permanent operational jobs while helping to stabilize existing industry by providing long-term affordable electricity. The real benefit is that we re hoping to create some partnerships with Fibratech Manufacturing and the new laminated veneer lumber mill, Mauro said. In addition to providing clean power to Atikokan Hydro, the plant will have the ability to supply steam and synthetic natural gas at a fixed rate to local...

His empire eventually included nine sawmills, two pulp mills, about two million acres of timberland and close to $1 billion a year in sales. and particularly Vancouver Island was that he created over 4,000 jobs for people and their families, and built the business from scratch from the age of 12, son Rick Doman said. He was no-nonsense and liked good communication with the union so there were no strikes because strikes dont help workers. Glosters stories about his generous pal include a...

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These drives demand high capacity, reliability, performance and advanced features," said Tom McDorman, WD's vice president and general manager of enterprise storage. Addressing a growing high-capacity enterprise market, WD RE2 drives are reliability-rated at 1.2 million hours MTTF (mean time to failure) in high duty cycle environments. StableTrac's motor shaft is secured at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking during read and write...

coastal forestry industry can not count as it has in the past on a low-valued loonie offsetting cost and productivity issues, the head of International Forest Products ltd. (TSX:IFP. Duncan Davies said the strike by the United Steelworkers, which has shut down the coastal forest industry, will cost his company but it's a price he's willing to pay. Federation of Labour declared all coastal lumber, logs and wood products from unionized logging and sawmilling operations where forest workers...

SELLECK In the quiet of this forest clearing, there once was a bustling way of life, with a school, a hotel and a dance hall for hundreds. In King County, only Selleck stands as a testament to that early industrial time, a mill-town museum with people living inside. Selleck rose from the stumps of trees into a community of 900 people, complete with company houses, a hospital, hotel, community hall, school and several mill buildings. No maintaining a private water system; the federal...

Xerox Unveils First-Of-Its-Kind Paper That Uses Less Trees While Saving Customers Money - Forbes.com. Aligning business innovation with environmental responsibility, Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today unveiled a first-of-its-kind paper for digital printing that uses half as many trees as traditional paper, while lowering the cost to mail printed material. Aligning business innovation with environmental responsibility, Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today unveiled a first-of-its-kind paper...

With over 23 years of experience in regional trading as one of the leading companies in the business, Inma Lumber developed a strong national reputation for quality, and service. The Company now targets the Kingdom s oil, gas, petrochemicals, and power generation sectors in addition to its traditional focus on the construction sector. The company s vision is to be the leading specialty trading house to the industrial sector in Saudi Arabia by implementing effective technology applications...