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North America Softwood Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity: Full-Year 2015
Lumber production as a per cent of practical capacity in the US was 84 per cent for 2015, an increase of 1 per cent from the previous year when it was 83 per cent, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s Lumber Track, released Tuesday. Canadian sawmill capacity utilization improved by 3 per cent last…
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US housing starts February 2016 up 31%; single-family starts up 24%, both compared to 2015
https://twitter.com/LumberNews @lumbernews US housing starts in February were 30.9% higher than in February a year ago, http://on.wsj.com/1UfE3us via @WSJ important for softwood lumber manufacturers in Canada & US is single-family starts up 24% compared to one year ago .
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Canada Softwood Lumber Production, US Lumber Imports & Exports Full Year 2015
New forest industry data out this week from Statistics Canada, the US Census, and the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service: VOLUMES of Softwood Lumber Production in Canada for full-year 2015 rose by 7.6% , to 62.9744 million cubic metres, compared to 58.1583 million cubic metres the previous year. VALUES of US Sawmill Products Imports from Canada…
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Wildfire Season 2016
Since the devastating fire at Slave Lake in May 2011, the province of Alberta has adopted an early start date to it’s wildfire season. Canada and US Wildfire Season 2016 British Columbia BC Parks officials in conjunction with the BC Wildfire Service are planning a prescribed burn in Monck Provincial Park near Merritt this March…
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Sawmill Accidents, Fatalities
Officials say a 50-year-old New Brunswick man has died after suffering a head injury at an Irving sawmill, according to Canadian Press Wednesday. The man sustained a head injury in the chipper building and later died in hospital. Another man is dead following what a British Columbia forestry company is calling a “tragic accident” Saturday…
