U.S. sawmills say tariffs, shrinking export markets and competition from cheaper wood alternatives are driving a surge in ...

A pattern is emerging in lumber markets: First, a big sawmill owner announces production curtailments. The next day, lumber futures quickly rise by the most allowed by exchange rules. It played out ...

One of North America's largest lumber producers said it would reduce output by at least 15% for the rest of 2024, increasing curtailments it made earlier this year amid tumbling demand and prices for ...

PALMYRA The Timber King bandsaw cuts through the hickory tree like a hot knife through butter. Brian Schwaninger gets off his black, plastic seat behind the controls, removes the long plank of bark he ...

Rock Island had two big sawmills, both eventually owned by Weyerhaeuser and Denkmann. The first was their west end one at 4th Avenue. F.C.A. Denkmann and his wife lived nearby at 122 4th Ave.

For more than a century, the Mississippi River has been a means of conveyance, floating huge objects to a final destination. Today, it's barges, tied together and pushed by tugboats. But from the ...

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