West Fraser sawmill asks Fraser Lake council to freeze taxes on bio-energy …

Vanderhoof Omineca Express According to BC Hydro’s website, West Fraser Mills and Western Bioenergy, a subsidiary of French energy firm Dalkia will be paid around $150 a megawatt hour, about double what most sawmills are paid for power they generate by burning wood waste. … Click for more

Enbridge pipeline to BC coast gets support of Gitxsan hereditary …

Winnipeg Free Press Northern Gateway would help increase Canadian oil exports shipped by tanker from BC ports to China and other Pacific Rim countries. Click for more from the Winnipeg Free Press

West Fraser Announces Third Quarter Results

DigitalJournal.com The Company has operations in western Canada and the southern United States. … of our Fraser Lake and Chetwynd sawmills in relation to their green energy … Click for more

China sales pay off for West Fraser

Source: Globe and Mail The China factor has quickly shifted sales dynamics at many BC forestry companies. International Forest Products Ltd., which reported its results last week, … Click for more

United Steelworkers reaches tentative labour deal with West Fraser

Source: Winnipeg Free Press BURNABY, BC – The United Steelworkers union has reached a series of tentative … Lake followed deals at sawmills in Houston and Fraser Lake on Wednesday. … Click for more

West Fraser reports $20-million loss

Vancouver Sun Costs associated with the closure of its Eurocan pulp mill at Kitimat accounted for most of the charges. Operating earnings in West Fraser’s lumber and … Click for more

Thompson Creek raises Endako molybdenum mine costs

American Metal Market The cost of expanding the Endako Mine in Fraser Lake, British Columbia, is now expected to be about Canadian $498 million ($472.9 million), with Thompson … Click for more

Thompson Creek Metals plans to increase capital expenditures in 2010

The Canadian Press … million in sustaining capital expenditures and US$209 million to expand the Endako project in Fraser Lake, BC, in which it has a 75 per cent stake. Click for more

Enbridge Review Panel Already An Infringement of Aboriginal Rights

Market Wire (press release) Nadleh Whut’en territory is located in the Northern interior of BC, between Fraser Lake and Babine Lake. The Enbridge pipelines propose to cross … Click for more

West Fraser Timber reports 3Q loss of $198 million

Lesprom Network Kitimat pulp mill and other sawmill assets contributed to a 3Q loss of $198 million, or $4.64 a share for the BC lumber giant. … Click for more

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