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Producer Price Index, US: Oct 2014
US producer prices unexpectedly rose in October, but the underlying trend continued to point to a benign inflation environment that could bolster the Federal Reserve’s resolve to keep interest rates very low a bit longer. The US Labour Department said November 18 that its producer price index increased 0.2 per cent, driven by a jump…
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Sawmill Fire
Several crews from a three different fire departments battled a fire at a New Waverly lumber yard in Texas overnight Saturday. It happened at the Universal Forest Products plant on near State Highway 75. Investigators say a lumber kiln on the property was on fire. Firefighters were able to contain the damage to the lumber…
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Biomass Fuel
The innovative chemical process modifies cellulose, present in non-edible plant matter such as wood, straw, grass, cotton, or paper, by removing oxygen bonded to its hydrocarbon chains while preserving the chains’ structure. There has also been recent progress in developing cellulosic nanomaterials from wood material, stiff and lightweight products from cellulose manipulated at the molecular…
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Lumber prices stay flat as severe weather wallops key markets
The relentless onset of winter conditions this week did nothing to bolster US and Canadian lumber and panel sales, despite the annual North American Wholesale Lumbermen’s Association meeting being held in Chicago, IL, last week, according building materials price newsletter Madison’s Lumber Reporter. Prices on almost all standard construction framing commodities remained flat as severe…
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Lumber prices stay flat as severe weather wallops key markets
The relentless onset of winter conditions this week did nothing to bolster US and Canadian lumber and panel sales, despite the annual North American Wholesale Lumbermen’s Association meeting being held in Chicago, IL, last week, according building materials price newsletter Madison’s Lumber Reporter. Prices on almost all standard construction framing commodities remained flat as severe…
