Author: kkosman

  • Madison’s Interactive Lumber Price Web-Based Graphing Tool

    Interactive Lumber Price Graphing Tool Madison’s web-based interactive lumber price graphing tool will be ready for beta testing next week! This extremely useful tool is driven by the historical dimension lumber and panel prices listed in your weekly Madison’s Lumber Reporter. At first the date range available will be 1990 to present. Also, while our…

  • Madison’s Interactive Lumber Price Web-Based Graphing Tool

    Interactive Lumber Price Graphing Tool Madison’s web-based interactive lumber price graphing tool will be ready for beta testing next week! This extremely useful tool is driven by the historical dimension lumber and panel prices listed in your weekly Madison’s Lumber Reporter. At first the date range available will be 1990 to present. Also, while our…

  • US Construction Employment

    Builders and contractors across the US are warning of a looming extreme worker shortage, according to a new study and report released by the Associated General Contractors of America and SmartBrief. Construction Employment United States Twenty-five per cent of US construction firms report turning down work due to labour shortages, finds a recent study by…

  • Sawmill Manufacturing Canada: June 2014

    Lumber production by Canadian sawmills increased 3.3 per vent from May to 5,068.2 thousand cubic metres in June, said Statistics Canada Tuesday. Compared with June 2013, lumber production increased 2.5 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5,457.6 thousand cubic metres of lumber in June, a decrease of 6.2 per cent from May.

  • Canada Exports Improvement

    Canada’s merchandise exports increased 1.4 per cent in July, while imports edged down 0.3 per cent, according to Statistcs Canada Thursday. As a result, Canada’s trade surplus with the world widened from $1.8 billion in June to $2.6 billion in July. Exports rose to $45.5 billion, led by motor vehicles and parts. Overall, volumes increased…