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Interfor Invests
On November 6 Interfor, out of Vancouver, BC, announced its plans to invest $50 million in state-of-the-art technology for their sawmill operation in Castlegar, BC. The project will convert the mill into a two-line operation from three lines, as well as increase production capacity to 210 million board feet from its current level of 185…
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Canada Lumber Manufacturing Sales, Lumber Prices : Sept and Nov 2014
Canada Lumber Sales, Lumber Prices : Sept and Nov 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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Canada Sawmill Manufacturing : August 2014
Lumber production by sawmills in Canada decreased 5.4 per cent from July to 4,693.5 thousand cubic metres in August, said Statistics Canada Thursday. Compared with August 2013, lumber production increased 0.7 per cent. Sawmills shipped 4,871.9 thousand cubic metres of lumber in August, a decrease of 6.3 per cent from July. In January-August 2014 Canadian…
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Building Permits, Canada
Municipalities issued building permits worth $7.5 billion in September, up 12.7 per cent from August, following a 27.3 per cent decrease the previous month, according to Statistics Canada Thursday. The increase in September resulted primarily from higher construction intentions for both non-residential and residential buildings in Ontario. The value of non-residential building permits rose 23.9…
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Canada Merchandise Trade : September 2014
Canada’s merchandise imports declined 1.5 per cent in September, while exports rose 1.1 per cent, said Statistics Canada Tuesday. As a result, Canada’s trade balance with the world went from a deficit of $463 million in August to a surplus of $710 million in September. Imports declined to $44.1 billion, as volumes decreased 1 per…
