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Mattawa Sawmill Sold
A shuttered former Tembec sawmill in Mattawa, ON, has been sold to a southern Ontario green-tech startup company, according to Northern Ontario Business Friday. The Mattawa-Bonfield Economic Development Corporation (MBEDC) announced that the BioNorth Technology Group acquired the 187-acre mill property in August. The company needs a minimum of 50,000 cubic metres of fibre annually…
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Madison’s Interactive Lumber Price Web-Based Graphing Tool
Interactive Lumber Price Graphing Tool Madison’s web-based interactive lumber price graphing tool will be ready for beta testing next week! This extremely useful tool is driven by the historical dimension lumber and panel prices listed in your weekly Madison’s Lumber Reporter. At first the date range available will be 1990 to present. Also, while our…
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Sawmill Manufacturing Canada: June 2014
Lumber production by Canadian sawmills increased 3.3 per vent from May to 5,068.2 thousand cubic metres in June, said Statistics Canada Tuesday. Compared with June 2013, lumber production increased 2.5 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5,457.6 thousand cubic metres of lumber in June, a decrease of 6.2 per cent from May.
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Canada Exports Improvement
Canada’s merchandise exports increased 1.4 per cent in July, while imports edged down 0.3 per cent, according to Statistcs Canada Thursday. As a result, Canada’s trade surplus with the world widened from $1.8 billion in June to $2.6 billion in July. Exports rose to $45.5 billion, led by motor vehicles and parts. Overall, volumes increased…
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Trade Deficit, US
Total July exports of US$198 billion and imports of US$238.6 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of US$40.5 billion, down from US$40.8 billion in June, revised, the US Department of Commerce reported Tuesday. July exports were US$1.8 billion more than June exports of US$196.2 billion. July imports were US$1.6 billion more than June…
