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Supercalendered Paper Export Duty
In an ominous foreshadowing of what is to come for Canada’s softwood lumber producers, the United States Department of Commerce Thursday issued a preliminary ruling that Irving Paper’s Port Hawkesbury, NB, supercalendered paper exports into the US, along with those of several other Canadian companies, were being unfairly subsidized. That followed a preliminary finding last…
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Former Simpson Sawmill Site For Sale: Interfor
In a troubling move, Vancouver, BC’s, Interfor announced Friday that just five months after it completed its purchase of a Simpson Lumber Co. mill on the Tacoma Tideflats, the forest products company is putting it back on the market. The lumber mill was one of four Simpson properties Interfor bought for US$94.7 million in March.…
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US Home Sales, Prices: May and June 2015
The House Price Index (HPI) data reported by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) shows house prices rose at an annual growth rate of 5.4 per cent in May, higher than the 4.7 per cent in April and the 3.8 per cent in March. The Standard and Poor’s/Case-Shiller reported that the Home Price Index rose…
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Forest Company Quarterly Results: 2Q 2015
Interfor Corp, Resolute Forest Products, Tembec Inc, and Norbord all announced second-quarter 2015 financial results this week. Interfor Corp, out of Vancouver, BC, recorded Thursday a net loss of $20.6 million, or $0.29 per share, on sales of $429.7 million in Q2 2015 compared with a net loss of $0.2 million in the previous quarter…
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Cellulose Nanocrystal and Nanotechnology Research
Over 230 delegates from 25 countries gathered in Vancouver, BC, at the beginning of July for TAPPI’s 9th International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Nanomaterials. “This year’s conference was exceptional,” noted co-chair Wadood Hamad, Priniciple Scientist, FPInnovations to Nano Werk July 8. “The keynote and technical presentations were of very high quality. The advancements made…
