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Who Will Own the Forest? 11
The important annual timberland investment conference was again held at the World Forestry Centre in Portland, OR, this week. As always there were many informative presentations and updates. Timberland Conference 2015, Portland, OR This week we present a few graphs and charts as indication of deeper coverage of the 11th annual Who Will Own the…
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British Columbia Sawmill Accident
A 28-year-old southeastern British Columbia man has been identified as the victim of an industrial accident near Creston. The BC Coroners Service says Dustin Gerlinsky died Tuesday after- noon while working at the J.H. Huscroft sawmill in Erickson, just east of Creston. RCMP say Gerlinsky was working on a sorting deck when he was pinned…
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British Columbia Sawmill Accident
A 28-year-old southeastern British Columbia man has been identified as the victim of an industrial accident near Creston. The BC Coroners Service says Dustin Gerlinsky died Tuesday after- noon while working at the J.H. Huscroft sawmill in Erickson, just east of Creston. RCMP say Gerlinsky was working on a sorting deck when he was pinned…
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Japan Main Foreign Timber Import: First Half 2015
The amount of foreign logs received in Japan during the first half of 2015 was 1.71 million cubic metres (a 27.1 per cent decrease compared to the same period last year), said the Japan Lumber Journal Tuesday. The amount of lumber products received was 3.05 million cubic metres (a 11.6 per cent drop). The total…
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US Housing Starts: August 2015
Home-building in the US slipped in August, with declines in both single-family and apartment-building construction. US housing starts fell 3 per cent from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.126 million last month, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Moreover, new applications for building permits rose 3.5 per cent to 1.17 million,…
