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Last week was the 72nd annual Oregon Logging Conference. I heard some attendees grumbling because they thought the show was a lot smaller than previous shows. But, in reality, it wasn’t so much smaller as it was condensed. Sign of the Times With all companies, especially those in the timber industry, having to keep...
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John Deere and ADAGE (a bioenergy joint venture between AREVA and Duke Energy) have announced that they’re joining forces to develop much needed biomass projects in the Northwest. The first project will be in Mason County, about 80 miles outside Seattle. Wood debris will be collected from regional logging operations — using the Deere...
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The Environmental Leader reported today that Mitsubishi and Weyerhaeuser are teaming up as biomass partners. The two companies would like to collaborate and build bio-pellet production facilities in the U.S. (Reuters). Commercial Scale bio-pellet Facility In a joint statement, the companies said they were looking into the feasibility of building a commercial-scale bio-pellet facility...
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There’s no way to get around it. 2009 was ROUGH! I don’t know of one family in the industry that wasn’t struggling in one way or another. Here’s to a much-improved 2010. I’d like to think we’re headed out of the hole. I’m optimistic, in part, because I’m not the only one that sees...
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There was an accident yesterday at Douglas County Forest Products, a lumber mill in Roseburg, Oregon, that took the life of a 39-year-old Holger Fussell. The Oregonian reports that he was found severely injured and trapped under a lumber stacker. Although co-workers administered CPR, he was pronounced dead at the hospital. What caused the...
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On Tuesday Weyerhaeuser announced that it will be converting to an REIT (real estate investment trust) in 2010. The Associated Press reported that Weyerhaeuser had been under pressure to lower its income tax rate — which currently totals 35 percent. This move will definitely lower the company’s tax burden because an investment trust can...
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