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Alberta Forest Products 3Q 2014 Results
Values of lumber, pulp and paper, and panelboard manufactured by Alberta Forest Products Association members totaled approximately $696 million for 3Q 2014, the agency announced March 6. The value of production was up $26 million, or 3.9 per cent, from the same period last year. In 2012 and 2013, Alberta’s forest industry averaged growth rates…
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Japan’s First CLT Plant
Meiken Industry, out of Okayama prefecture in Japan, has announced plans to acquire 40,000 square metres of property by it’s lamina joint plant and distribution warehouse, to build a cross-laminated timber manufacturin plant, according to Japan Lumber Reports Friday. Planned production for the facility is 50,000 cubic metres annually. A Maniwa biomass power plant using…
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Cascades Reports
Cascades Inc, out of Kingsey Falls, QC, Friday released results for the 4Q 2014. In comparison to the same period last year, sales increased by 4 per cent, to $879 million, compared to $844 million in the 4Q 2013 due to favourable exchange rates and higher shipments that more than offset lower average selling prices…
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Early Wildfire Warnings, Canada and US
Unusually dry weather in the north and west of the North American continent this season lead to a dauntingly early fire season. Jurisdictions and municipalities in British Columbia, Alberta, and the entire western United States have already issued fire warnings and restrictions this week. In addition, some amount of wildfires continue to burn in several…
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Sawmill Fires, British Columbia and Kentucky
Operations at the Western Forest Products sawmill in Port Alberni, which came to a halt because of a fire Tuesday night, are expected to resume later this week. Company spokesperson Amy Spencer could not say where or how the fire started. “We can’t release those details until the investigation is complete, although there was a…
