Category: Weekly Softwood Lumber Blog

  • Madison’s Lumber Reporter Contact Change…

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  • Sawmill Fires, US and Canada

    A fire early Thursday morning destroyed the main building at the Meadow Creek Forest Products sawmill at Cooper Creek, BC. There is no word yet on the cause or the total damage estimate. About a dozen people were employed at the mill, which restarted this year following a three-year closure. Kaslo RCMP Cpl. Shaun Begg…

  • Ontario Fibreboard Mill Reopens

    After six years of its doors being closed, the Pembroke, ON, MDF fibreboard plant is up and running once again. Pembroke MDF is expected to create as many as 160 full-time jobs, as well as spin-off employment in the local forestry, transportation, and electrical fields. Currently, the plant is operating four days a week, from…

  • US Mortgage Foreclosures Drop

    The delinquency rate for US mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties decreased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 5.85 per cent of all loans outstanding at the end of 3Q 2014, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) National Delinquency Survey. The delinquency rate decreased for the sixth consecutive quarter and reached the lowest level…

  • British Columbia Forestry Outlook

    Since output bottomed in 2009, growth in BC’s forestry and manufactured goods averaged about 6 per cent per year through 2013, compared to 2.4 per cent for the economy as a whole, said Central 1 Credit Union Thursday. Ontario Mill Restart The plant was formerly known as ATC Panels, and was open from 1997 to…