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More Sawmill Fires
A blaze broke out around 4:30 pm Thursday at Sexton Lumber in Bloomfield, NL, on the Bonavista Peninsula. The fire was in the dried bark/sawdust holding building on the outside edge of the property, and the sawmill, kiln, planer mill, drying plant, office, and inventory sections were all undamaged. However the company lost a complete…
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Norbord, Ainsworth to Merge
Two Canadian wood product companies — Norbord Inc. and Ainsworth Lumber Corp. — plan to combine their businesses through a $759-million deal to create one of the world’s largest producers of oriented strand board. Norbord Inc.’s proposed acquisition of Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. will create a global wood products giant with a market capitalization of…
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Log Exports (CA, US) Sept 2014, Lumber Prices Dec 2014
Log Exports (CA, US) Sept 2014, Lumber Prices Dec 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter Canada Softwood Log Exports VALUES 2010 to Sept 2014. USA Softwood Log Exports VALUES 2010 to Sept 2014. Construction Framing Dimension Lumber Price Comparison, North America December 2013 to 2014. Canadian Forest Products Company Shares Dec 2012 to 2014.
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Japan Housing Starts : Oct 2014
October housing starts in Japan jumped by 4.3 per cent over September but were 12.3 per cent less than October last year, at 79,171 units, according to the Japan Lumber Reports Friday. On a seasonally adjusted basis Japan’s housing starts were 904,000 units, a 2.7 per cent increase over one year ago. Housing Starts, Japan…
