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Southwide Timber Prices – January/February 2014
While timber prices in the East-South US were a bit more volatile than average prices across the South, prices were fairly stable overall, said Forest2Markt March 31. The combination of continued wet and severe winter weather in areas of the US South is primarily responsible for the price fluctuations between regions. Pine sawtimber prices saw…
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Hampton Issued Safety Fine
The owners of the Babine Forest Products sawmill in Burns Lake, BC, were hit with a fine of nearly $1 million by WorkSafeBC for the fatal explosion at the mill in 2012. The fine comes after the Criminal Justice Branch announced it wasn’t proceeding with criminal charges against the owners because of mistakes made by…
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US Residential Construction Employement
There was solid job growth for home builders and remodelers in March, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday. The residential construction industry added 9,100 jobs for the month on a seasonally adjusted basis, 3,100 working for builders and 6,000 residential specialty trade contractors. Construction Employment, US Total consgtruction industry employment…
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Japan Timber Imports 2013
Japan’s Foreign Timber General Supply and Demand Liaison Conference has released data on the amount of timber and lumber imported into that country, according to the Japan Lumber Journal this week. Volumes of foreign logs received in 2013 was 4,528,434 m3, a 3.6 per cent increase compared to the previous year, and the amount of…
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BC Ministry of Forests Tenure Reform
Forests Minister Steve Thomson says the Liberal government is taking another shot at giving forest companies more rights to control British Columbia’s public forest lands, but he rejects criticism that the plan would privatize provincial forests. The move could dramatically change the way public forests are managed by granting lumber companies tenure rights, or logging…
