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Tembec Mill Strike
Tembec ceased production at its lumber mill in Temiscaming, QC, Thursday after workers went on strike late Wednesday. The Quebec-based pulp, paper, and lumber producer says 650 unionized employees of Unifor local 233 have walked off the job at the facility. An additional 200 workers employed at the mill are not unionized. The union and…
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Canada Producer Price, Raw Materials Index: Oct 2014
The Industrial Product Price Index in Canada decreased 0.5 per cent in October, mainly due to lower prices for energy and petroleum products, said Statistics Canada Friday. The Raw Materials Price Index declined 4.3 per cent in October, largely as a result of lower prices for crude energy products. The IPPI declined 0.5 per cent…
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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…
