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BC Logger Fatality
British Columbia RCMP in conjunction with the BC Coroner’s Service and Worksafe BC responded to a logging accident that claimed the life of a 35 year Nelson, BC, man Tuesday morning. At approximately 8:30 AM police were call to the accident which took place near the Smallwood Forest Service Road. It appears the man was…
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US wood pellet exports double in 2013
Wood pellet exports from the United States nearly doubled last year, from 1.6 million short tons (approximately 22 trillion Btu) in 2012 to 3.2 million short tons in 2013, said a new report by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reprinted by Penn Energy Friday. More than 98 per cent of these exports were delivered to…
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House Prices, US
Home prices in 20 US cities rose at a slower pace in the year ended in March as the housing market began to weaken at the start of 2014. The S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values increased 12.4 percent from March 2013, the smallest 12-month gain since July, after rising 12.9 percent in the year…
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India and Wood Products
Nearly 75 per cent of Myanmar’s timber trade is illegal, accounting for an estimated US$6 billion, according to the Myanmar Times. The majority of this timber has been exported to China, Thailand, and India — without processing. In the last 14 years, 8 million cubic metres of wood was traded without the permission of the…
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Plum Creek Sells
Plum Creek Timber is selling about 50,000 acres of its Wisconsin land, most of it in Adams and Wood counties, to Timberland Investment Resources, said Mark Doty, Plum Creek community affairs manager, to the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune Friday. Plum Creek will continue to own about 11,000 acres in the state, with most of that land…
