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Canada Softwood Lumber Production: September 2015
Lumber production by sawmills increased 5.2 per cent from August to 5,563.5 thou- sand cubic metres in September, according to new data released by Statistics Canada Tuesday. Compared with September 2014, lumber production rose 7.8 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5,609.5 thousand cubic metres of lumber in September, up 8.5 per cent from August. Shipments rose…
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Canada Softwood Lumber Production: September 2015
Lumber production by sawmills increased 5.2 per cent from August to 5,563.5 thou- sand cubic metres in September, according to new data released by Statistics Canada Tuesday. Compared with September 2014, lumber production rose 7.8 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5,609.5 thousand cubic metres of lumber in September, up 8.5 per cent from August. Shipments rose…
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Canada Lumber Exports Up, US Log Exports Down
The latest StatsCan data, out Monday shows an interesting picture for North American forest products…while the lumber business in the US is improving there it is going to be a slow, steady haul for the next approx three years I think :-/ Right now we’re into the usual seasonal ‘boring’ end-of-year slowdown and curtailments. At…
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US New and Existing Home Sales: October 2015
Census and HUD reported Wednesday new homes sales for October rebounded from their unexpected low in September to a level of 495,000 on an annual basis. This is a 10.7 per cent increase from the revised September, a 1.6 per cent increase from the 3Q average and a 15.7 per cent increase in year-to-date not…
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Resolute Suspends Québec Operations
Resolute Forest Products is suspending indefinitely its wood-cutting operations in Québec’s Mauricie region near Trois-Rivieres, the company announced Thursday. The suspension, which starts Friday, will affect at least 180 jobs. The Montreal-based company attributed the decision mainly to high fibre costs, but also low market selling prices. Resolute said it has had discussions with the…
