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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…
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Carrier Passes Audit
An audit of Carrier Lumber Ltd.’s forestry activities southeast of Prince George, BC, found compliance with B.C.’s forestry legislation, as Forest Practices Board said in the press release. “We are pleased to see that Carrier carried out good forest practices and fully met the requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire…
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Canfor Buys
Canfor Corp, out of Vancouver, BC, announced Wednesday the purchase of the operating assets of Southern Lumber Co. The acquisition includes a sawmill located in Hermanville, MI, which is a large log southern yellow pine dimension mill manufacturing predominately long, wide width lumber. The sawmill is in an area of exceptionally high quality fibre and…
