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Weyerhaeuser Breaks Ground
Site preparation for the new Weyerhaeuser sawmill complex at Dierks (Howard County), AR, is winding down as the project shifts into the next phase of it’s US$190 million construction this week, said Arkansas Business Monday. The new facility will have an annual production capacity of 387 million board feet, 25 per cent more than current…
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West Fraser Buys, Canfor Closes
West Fraser Timber, out of Vancouver, BC, announced Thursday it has entered into an agreement to acquire Alberta’s Manning Diversified Forest Products, which has sawmill operations located in Manning, AB, and related timber harvesting rights, to be completed before the end of October, 2015. West Fraser plans to take the site’s lumber production to 130…
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Japan Housing Starts
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infra- structure, Transport and Tourism released Japan’s housing starts for August, which were 80,255 units (up 8.8 per cent from the same month in the previous year), said Japan Lumber Journal Thursday. Owner-occupied and rental houses increased for four consecutive months, and built-for-sale houses turned to an increase from a decrease…
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Provinces Urge Canadian Government to Negotiate SLA
Cabinet ministers in both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are expressing concern that Canada and the United States haven’t started renegotiating the softwood lumber trade agreement, according to Canadian Press Wednesday. As well, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark has called for Canadian officials to get to the negotiating table, said Globe and Mail October 11.…
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Provinces Urge Canadian Government to Negotiate SLA
Cabinet ministers in both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are expressing concern that Canada and the United States haven’t started renegotiating the softwood lumber trade agreement, according to Canadian Press Wednesday. As well, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark has called for Canadian officials to get to the negotiating table, said Globe and Mail October 11.…
