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Western US Timberland Owners Close Lands
Hancock Forest Management, Weyerhaeuser Columbia Timberlands, Stevenson Land Company, Broughton Lumber Company, Kreps Ranch, Kreps Family, Western Pacific Timber, and American Forest Management are closing their lands to public entry effective July 26 until further notice, said the Golden Sentinel Wednesday. The closure is taking place due to extreme fire danger. The closure is for…
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US Home Sales
New-home sales in the US fell in June and May’s reading was revised significantly lower, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Sales of new single-family homes fell 8.1 per cent from May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 406,000, Meanwhile, May sales were revised down to a rate of 442,000 from a previously estimated 504,000.…
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Softwood Lumber Imports, UK
United Kingdom lumber consumption in 2013 totalled 8.4 million, with 90 per cent of that softwoods. Import volumes have increased by 4.3 per cent in 2013, and will increase even stronger in 2014. The UK consumes nearly 5 million cubic metres of wood per year, 57 per cent of that imported. All this favourable economic…
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Sawmill Fire
Fire destroyed a sawmill in Marysville, ID, on Thursday night. The fire was burning in stacks of firewood and timber at Fisher Logging near Ashton. Firefighters were able to protect other buildings. Damage was estimated at US$250,000. The sawmill had not operated for past six months, but there were 10-foot-high piles of sawdust on the…
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Weyerhaeuser Invests
Weyerhaeuser is investing US$57 million over a three-year period to install two continuous direct fired kilns and a new planer mill at its softwood lumber mill in Philadelphia, MI, the company announced Wednesday. The mill produces approximately 220 million board feet of Southern Yellow Pine two-inch dimension lumber, 2×4 through 2×12.
