Author: kkosman

  • New Brunswick Forestry Agreements

    New Brunswick’s natural resources minister Thursday released the province’s forestry agreements, which give forest companies access to more Crown land and are the result of a 10-year plan announced in March. The plan will allow forestry companies to harvest an additional 660,000 cubic metres of softwood a year – a hike of 20 per cent.…

  • More Sawmill Fires

    A blaze broke out around 4:30 pm Thursday at Sexton Lumber in Bloomfield, NL, on the Bonavista Peninsula. The fire was in the dried bark/sawdust holding building on the outside edge of the property, and the sawmill, kiln, planer mill, drying plant, office, and inventory sections were all undamaged. However the company lost a complete…

  • Norbord, Ainsworth to Merge

    Two Canadian wood product companies — Norbord Inc. and Ainsworth Lumber Corp. — plan to combine their businesses through a $759-million deal to create one of the world’s largest producers of oriented strand board. Norbord Inc.’s proposed acquisition of Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. will create a global wood products giant with a market capitalization of…

  • Log Exports (CA, US) Sept 2014, Lumber Prices Dec 2014

    Log Exports (CA, US) Sept 2014, Lumber Prices Dec 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter Canada Softwood Log Exports VALUES 2010 to Sept 2014. USA Softwood Log Exports VALUES 2010 to Sept 2014. Construction Framing Dimension Lumber Price Comparison, North America December 2013 to 2014. Canadian Forest Products Company Shares Dec 2012 to 2014.

  • Log Exports (CA, US) Sept 2014, Lumber Prices Dec 2014

    Log Exports (CA, US) Sept 2014, Lumber Prices Dec 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter Canada Softwood Log Exports VALUES 2010 to Sept 2014. USA Softwood Log Exports VALUES 2010 to Sept 2014. Construction Framing Dimension Lumber Price Comparison, North America December 2013 to 2014. Canadian Forest Products Company Shares Dec 2012 to 2014.