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Sawmill Fires
Fire Rescue responded to a fire at the Tolko sawmill in Merritt, BC, around 1:30 Saturday afternoon. As well, the cause of the Thursday night fire in a sawmill building at Weaber Inc in Lebanon County, PA, was under investigation Friday. Fires, Sawmills Fire Chief Dave Tompkinson said to CFJC radio a hydraulic oil tank…
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China Log Imports: 2015
Official data from China Customs released Thursday shows a sharp drop in log imports in 2015. China’s log imports in 2015 totalled 44.55 million cubic metres valued at US$8 billion, a year on year decline of 13 per cent in volume and 32 per cent in value. The average price for imported logs was US$181…
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More Softwood Lumber Trade Discussions
Last week in your softwood lumber Reporter, Madison’s printed an excerpt from the Globe and Mail: “International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, who chairs the cabinet committee on Canada-US relations, told The Globe and Mail Tuesday that the White House talks between US President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau next week will also result in steps…
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Price-to-Rent Ratio, US: Year-over-Year 2015
The Case-Shiller National House Price Index increased 5.4 per cent year-over-year in December said the agency Tuesday. The year-over-year increase in prices is mostly moving sideways now around 5 per cent. In December 2015, the index was up 5.4 per cent. It has been almost ten years since the bubble peak. In the Case-Shiller release,…
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Conifex Elects…
Conifex Timber has appointed Tom Reed to its Board of Directors, the company said in a press release Monday. In 2015, Mr. Reed was Vice President of Resources in Plum Creek Timber Inc.’s Atlantic South region and oversaw sustainable forest management in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, and North Carolina. Reed currently serves as…
