Nola.com BY FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | STAFF WRITER JUL 28, 2022 Earlier this month, Gov. John Bel Edwards and a gaggle of other officials trekked to the tiny town of Plain Dealing in northern Bossier Parish, where they announced the construction of a new, $110 million sawmill by British Columbia-based Teal Jones. The groundbreaking, […]

Business Wire July 28, 2022 ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Caddo Sustainable Timberlands, LP (CST) has purchased 119,000 acres of timberland in east Texas and western Louisiana, further expanding the existing CST platform, now comprising more than 889,000 acres across the two states. With this acquisition, CST – the largest private timberland owner in Texas – now holds 831,000 […]

www.woodworkingnetwork.com By Larry Adams July 25, 2022 | 11:01 am CDT, A $500 million expansion is underway at Georgia-Pacific’s Broadway paper mill in Green Bay, Wis., and this is just the latest in investments in facilities and in businesses operated by the company. GP’s lumber business, for instance, is collaborating with leaders in the mass […]

UGA Today, July 20, 2022 by Ian Bennett, According to a new study by researchers in the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, replacing coal in Georgia’s power plants with woody biomass could not only meet Georgia’s power needs, but reduce carbon emissions. The research calculated both economic and environmental factors […]

The Meridian (MS) Star, By Susan Collins-Smith MSU Extension Service Jul 19, 2022, Mississippi has gained new timber mills over the last 18months, and producers have seen timber prices rise since last year. In 2021, the timber industry, which is one of the state’s top five most valuable agricultural commodities, ranked third with an estimated […]

www.areadevelopment.com, Area Development News Desk 07/12/2022, Teal Jones Group, an international forestry products company based in Canada, started construction on a southern yellow pine lumber production facility in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The $110 million project is expected to create 500 jobs. Site preparation of the 235-acre Plain Dealing greenfield facility, which includes creating access to […]

www.thecentersquare.com, By Victor Skinner | The Center Square contributor Jul 12, 2022, (The Center Square) – Construction is underway on a new lumber production facility in Plain Dealing after Louisiana officials inked a development deal that includes help with workforce recruitment and tax breaks. Teal Jones Group, a Canadian forestry products company, broke ground on […]

www.thecentersquare.com, By Brent Addleman | The Center Square Jul 11, 2022, (The Center Square) – A Canadian company is making an investment into the future of Mississippi’s timber industry, Gov. Tate Reeves said. The governor announced Southeastern Timber Products LLC and STP-Tolko Partnership are investing $150 million into the Ackerman plant as part of an […]

http://lawstreetmedia.com, by KIRSTEN ERRICK JUNE 15, 2022, Boise Cascade Company (NYSE: BCC) is set to acquire Coastal Plywood Company from Coastal Forest Resources Company in a deal that will expand its capacity and offerings. According to the June 10 deal, Boise Cascade will buy Coastal Plywood and its two manufacturing locations for approximately $512 million […]

Home BY: RACHEL MIPRO – JUNE 14, 2022 2:36 PM, Louisiana is pivoting toward green energy, a notable move for a state historically steeped in fossil fuels. But environmental activists are skeptical about whether some options being touted will be the state’s way forward. Biomass, renewable organic energy that comes from plants and animals, has […]

OFFICE of the GOVERNOR, June 14, 2022 Arbor Renewable Gas LLC, a Houston-based company formed in 2019 that produces renewable gasoline and green hydrogen from wood waste and forest residue, is evaluating West Baton Rouge Parish for a planned $800 million manufacturing and distribution facility employing carbon capture and sequestration emissions-reduction technology. Operating as Magnolia […]

AL.com Published: Jun. 06, 2022, 2:18 p.m., By William Thornton | wthornton@al.com A Spokane, Wash.-based real estate investment trust is acquiring an Atlanta-based investment group, and in the process, concentrating almost 154,000 acres of Alabama timberland. PotlatchDeltic Corp. announced last week it is acquiring CatchMark Timber Trust in an all-stock transaction. The combined company is […]