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Port Metro Vancouver
This past spring about 1,300 union and non-union container truckers withdrew their services at British Columbia’s biggest port, in Vancouver, complaining of long wait times to pick up and drop off containers and the undercutting of rates. The 28-day strike was resolved at the end of March but it took almost six weeks to resolve…
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Lumber futures bounce on improved U.S. housing numbers
MADISON’S WEEKLY LUMBER MARKET UPDATE AND OVERVIEW Provided by: Madison’s Lumber Reporter www.madisonsreport.com Mainstream news developments once again overshadowed North American lumber and panel trading this week as the entire nation of Canada was shocked when a lunatic tried to shoot up the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, ON, Wednesday. Conspiracy theories and fears of terrorism…
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Wooden Skyscrapers
The Oregon Zoo in Portland, home to the World Forestry Center, expects to install that state’s first building using cross laminated timber (CLT) this month, according to the Portland Tribune Thursday. As well, US home builder DR Johnson is reportedly building one of America’s first CLT production facilities in Riddle, OR. Cross Laminated Timber Madison’s…
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Canada Lumber Export, Lumber Prices, US REIT Values : August and October 2014
Canada softwood lumber exports to US by VALUE, Jan – Aug 2014 up 17% over 2013, lumber prices essentially flat Canada Lumber Export, Lumber Prices, US REIT Values : August and October 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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North American Dimension Lumber Prices OCT 2014 Stabilize Year-over-Year
October 17, 2014 MADISON’S WEEKLY LUMBER MARKET UPDATE AND OVERVIEW Provided by: Madison’s Lumber Reporter www.madisonsreport.com After a rocky September demonstrating significant fluctuation, North American dimension lumber and panel prices stabilized this week to come almost exactly even with one-year ago levels, according to weekly building materials price newsletter Madison’s Lumber Reporter. Positive US housing…
