Author: Madison’s Lumber Reporter

  • US Multi-Family Residential Construction

    The latest Census estimate shows significant gains in single-family and multifamily private residential construction spending from one year ago, said the National Association of Home Builders also Tuesday. On a 3-month moving average basis from July 2013, single-family construction spending increased 9.9 per cent and multifamily construction spending increased 38.4 per cent. The current seasonally…

  • Maibec Invests

    Maibec Inc, out of Levis, QC, has invested more than $20 million in the upgrade of its lumber mill in St-Pamphile de l’Islet. The upgrade included the acquisition of high-tech, high-performance equipment that maibec says will enable it to optimize the use of resources while increasing agility in manufacturing value-added products for customers and improving…

  • Canada Lumber Production, Manufacturing, and Prices : June 2014 & Aug 2014

    Canada Lumber Production, Manufacturing, and Prices : June 2014 & Aug 2014 Canada Lumber Production, Manufacturing, and Prices : June 2014 & Aug 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter  

  • Canada Lumber Production, Manufacturing, and Prices : June 2014 & Aug 2014

    Canada Lumber Production, Manufacturing, and Prices : June 2014 & Aug 2014 Canada Lumber Production, Manufacturing, and Prices : June 2014 & Aug 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter  

  • Canada Export and Trade: First-Half 2014

    A jump in exports helped the Canadian economy bounce back from a weather-restrained 1Q, with annualized growth of 3.1 per cent in 2Q after a downwardly revised 0.9 per cent in the first. The Statistics Canada data on Friday showed gross domestic product growing at its fastest pace since 3Q 2011, beating the Bank of…