Rubber and Wood
The 750,000 tonnes of biomass required annually for the project will need to meet strict sustainability criteria so the SAF can be exported to the EU market.
The findings show that U.S. housing starts averaged 1.3 million units annually during the study period, peaking above 2 million units in 2005 before dropping sharply to nearly 0.54 million in 2010.
China Customs data puts 2025 softwood lumber imports at 14.6 million cubic metres, with Russia alone accounting for more than 70 per cent of the volumes arriving at Chinese ports.
West Fraser said it expects to receive a $15 million refund in 2026 related to anti-dumping duty liquidation for exports between August 2017 and December 2017.
Southwood Lumber Pallet Inc. has been in business for 42 years.
The association also says an existing dispute-resolution process included in the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, also known as CUSMA, has not yielded “meaningful progress.”
Canada currently meets approximately 25 per cent of annual U.S. softwood demand, supplying a critical portion of the 15,000 board feet of framing lumber embedded in a standard single-family home.
But the U.S. Lumber Coalition said the latest duty rates are justified.
Demand conditions remained subdued, with buyers hesitant to build inventory and sawmills refraining from increasing production until clearer signs of sustained demand emerge.
The U.S. Lumber Coalition will continue to fight for U.S. forestry workers, communities, and companies who are harmed by Canada's continued and growing unfair trade practices.
A digester caught fire at the same mill in 2024, a large industrial unit used in the chemical process of making paper pulp.
Company leadership emphasized that the investment underscores its commitment to workforce stability and operational sustainability.
Most of the plant’s 162 employees are local to Lewis County. Gillispie lives up the road from the plant.
Construction is set to begin in April and be completed in June.
The project builds on successful pilot trials conducted in 2025 in collaboration with Andritz, demonstrating scalability potential.
Jeff Bromley, wood council chair with the United Steelworkers, said the changes are a positive step in helping the union's membership and the industry weather the crisis.
According to Record Searchlight, reported that the flames were so intense that the charred property was still smoldering from the blaze late Monday morning, March 30.
Meanwhile, new U.S. tariffs under Section 232 imposed a 10% duty on Canadian softwood lumber exports, adding cost pressures.
That week’s price was up $32 or 7%, from one month ago, when it was $479.
It operates one pulp dryer and employs approximately 275 workers.
In 2023, the board adopted a resolution supporting West Fraser’s expansion and agreed to consider the lumber company’s EDATE application when it was submitted.
The funding will support projects in California, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
While lawmakers can't change international industry standards, they can influence how the state purchases lumber for its own construction projects.
In 2025, the United States purchased 75 per cent of B.C. softwood exports.
The facility produces southern yellow pine dimensional lumber as well as radium edge decking used by the construction industry, according to Domtar’s website.