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Wildfires 2014
The share of the US Forest Service budget devoted to fire management rose from 13 per cent in 1991 to more than 40 per cent in 2012. The total for all federal agencies last year – Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Fish and Wildlife Service – topped…
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North American Lumber Production and Capacity Utilization
Sawmill production out of the US for January to July 2014 increased by 5 per cent compared to last year to 17,521 billion board feet, while that in Canada remained even at 14,523 bbf, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s “Lumber Track” Friday. Capacity utilization at US sawmills was 83 per cent for the…
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EACOM Plans to Ramp Up
Five years after it was mothballed, EACOM’s sawmill in Ear Falls in northwestern Ontario fired up for production in early August. The annual production target is 70 to 75 million board feet. A second shift, planned for 2015, would boost that to 140 to 150 million, according to Northern Ontario Business Friday. The company is…
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Single- and Multi-Family Construction, US
Total private residential spending – single-family, multifamily, and home improvements – in the US fell slightly in August, by 0.1 per cent, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of US$351.7 billion. The latest Census estimate shows gains in the single and multifamily components of private residential construction spending offset by a decline in home improvements.…
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Canada Industrial Products and Raw Material Prices
The Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) in Canada increased 0.2 per cent in August, mainly because of higher prices for motorized and recreational vehicles, said Statistics Canada Tuesday. The Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) declined 2.2 per cent, largely as a result of lower prices for crude energy products. The IPPI increased 0.2 per cent…
