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Wood Pellet Mill Investment: US
A project seeking to build a wood pellet mill in northeast Vermont has received a US$2.5 million loan guarantee through the US Department of Agriculture’s rural development division. The loan will help convert a former paper mill in Lunenburg, VT, into a wood pellet manufacturing facility. Vermont Pellet Mill Investment The project seeking to build…
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Canada and US Sawmill Capacity: August 2016
This week was released the latest issue of the Western Wood Products Association’s monthly Lumber Track. US softwood lumber production for January to August 2016 was 22,012 MMfbm, a 3.6 percent increase from 21,250 MMfbm in the first eight months of 2015. North American Sawmill Capacity, Lumber Production: August 2016 Canada softwood lumber production for…
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US Southern Pine Exports Up 17% in August 2016
Exports of Southern Pine lumber remained at a lofty level in August, amounting to almost 56.5 MMbf, as the Southern Forest Products Association said in a press release received by Lesprom Network Monday. This volume represents an increase of 17 per cent above the same month last year, contributing to a year-to-date increase of 14…
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Tarriff -Free Canadian Lumber Imports to EU: CETA
Current EU tariffs for forest products range from 2 per cent to 10 per cent; upon Canada/EU bilateral agreement CETA’s entry into force, all Canadian forestry products will enjoy duty-free entry to the EU, according to Lesprom Network Monday. The EU is the world’s third largest importer of forest products – US$46 billion in 2015,…
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Multi-Storey Wood Timber Building
Last week was held the Timber Expo and UK Construction Week in Birmingham, UK. Now that wood framed buildings in Ontario can rise to six storeys, several owners have opted to go that route, citing speed of construction and cost as their prime motivators, wrote Ian Harvey in Daily Commercial News Friday. While there’s not…
