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Russian Group Increases Timber Cut
In the first half year north Russian Sawmill 25 Group increased roundwood cutting at its three sawmill locations by 7 per cent to 558,000 cubic metres, according to EUWID Thursday. Lumber production, in the process of which 168,600 cubic metres, or 10 per cent, more wood chips were produced, was 6 per cent above last…
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Russia Lumber Export Rise 7.4 Per Cent: 1H 2015
For the first six months of 2015 total volume of lumber exports from Russia increased by 7.4 per cent, to 6.96 million tons year-over-year, as Federal Customs Service of Russia said in the press release received by Lesprom Network August 7. The volume of Russian exports of roundwood however, for the reporting period, amounted to…
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Housing Starts, Canada: July 2015
The latest report from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp, released Tuesday, showed the seasonally adjusted annualized rate of housing starts fell to 193,032 in July from a downwardly revised 202,338 units in June. With the six-month trend at 185,586 starts, analysts said homebuilding has settled into a pace that meets demographic demand, seemingly unaffected…
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Conifex Acquires Arkansas Mill
Conifex Timber, based in Vancouver, BC, has completed its purchase of a private Delaware company holding exclusive rights to a sawmill and 186 acres of land near El Dorado, AR, said Woodworking Network also Monday. The rights to the Arkansas property was acquired for US$21 million. The deal, announced Aug. 6, comprised US$12.36 million in…
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Oregon Lumber Company Safety Citations
Freres Lumber, in Mill City, OR, — just outside Salem — was cited Thursday four times for safety and procedural violations uncovered during inspections launched after a worker died at its plant in September 2014, according to the Statesman Journal Friday. The penalty report from the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division detailed that machine…
