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Steelworkers Ratify
United Steelworkers members employed by Interior Forest Labour Relations Association (IFLRA) member companies in the BC southern interior have ratified a five-year collective agreement, affecting Ainsworth, Tolko, and Weyerhaeuser, among others. The BC Interior Bargaining Committee will bring the pattern deal to the northern interior when they continue negotiations in the new year with West…
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BC Lumber Exports Jan – Oct 2013 Break Records
The value of BC’s softwood lumber exports for the first 10 months of 2013 have broken a new record, Forests Minister Steve Thomson announced December 13. To the end of October 2013, the value of total softwood lumber exports to China reached $1.17 billion — exceeding the previous record set in 2011 when softwood lumber…
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US Housing Starts and Home Sales, November
Builders broke ground on more homes in November than at any time in over five years as growing demand helped the industry overcome rising US mortgage rates. Housing starts jumped 22.7 per cent to a 1.09 million annualized rate, the most since February 2008, data from the Commerce Department showed Wednesday. Permits for future projects…
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Canfor Expands
Due to increased global demand for southern yellow pine lumber, Canfor Southern Pine is expanding its existing operations in Darlington County, SC, the company announced Wednesday. The US$8 million investment is expected to generate 50 new jobs through the addition of a second shift at the manufacturing facility. Canfor’s Darlington facility manufactures southern yellow pine…
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Stikine Plans New Mill
Stikine River Forest Products announced Monday evening plans to build a mill in Petersburg, AK, according to the Petersburg Pilot. Owner John Glenn said he has located a piece of property near the airport that exists within industrial zoning and has power and water connections. Construction of the mill would be done in two phases.…
