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US Forest Products Industry: 2015 USDA Report
This week the US Department of Agriculture, via the US Forest Service Southern Research Station, released it’s report, “The Global Position of the US Forest Products Industry”. The Key Findings for the solid wood manufacturing sector in this latest US Forest Service report are: • the US share of global wood products output peaked in 1998…
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Atikokan Planer Mill Running
The first board was dressed, trimmed, and graded on April 4 in the planing mill at the new Resolute Forest Products, Sapawe sawmill in Atikokan, ON, according to Atikokan Progress and Printing Wednesday. Rough lumber is being delivered each day from the Ignace, ON, sawmill. Two dry kilns are now operating at the Sapawe site…
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Deltic, West Fraser Report
Deltic Timber, based in El Dorado, AR, Monday reported 1Q earnings of US$1.9 million. On a per-share basis, the El Dorado, Arkansas-based company said it had profit of 15 US cents. The lumber company posted revenue of US$48.4 million in the period. West Fraser Timber, out of Vancouver, BC, reported Friday earnings of $49 million,…
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Home Sales, US
Sales of previously owned US homes rose to the highest level in 18 months in March. Existing-home sales increased 6.1 per cent last month from February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.19 million, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday. That was the highest level since September 2013. At the current sales pace,…
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Sawmill Fires
