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Softwood Lumber Board Seeks Candidates
Read more: Softwood Lumber Board Seeks CandidatesThe Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) seeks nominations of softwood lumber manufacturers and importers interested in candidacy for Board seats coming open in January 2016. The deadline for nominations is March 6th 2015. The 19-member board will hold elections to fill six seats for members whose terms expire on Dec. 31, 2015. Domestic manufacturers will fill…
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Madison’s Weekly Lumber Prices Updated
Read more: Madison’s Weekly Lumber Prices UpdatedDisinterested buyers and softening demand sent most dimension lumber and some panel products’ prices down slightly last week. The weak Canadian dollar brought motivated construction framing lumber sellers from Canada into US markets. Volumes sold were stable, if slightly down, over the end of last year. Canadian softwood lumber production, sales, and export VOLUMES January…
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Madison’s Weekly Lumber Prices Updated
Read more: Madison’s Weekly Lumber Prices UpdatedDisinterested buyers and softening demand sent most dimension lumber and some panel products’ prices down slightly last week. The weak Canadian dollar brought motivated construction framing lumber sellers from Canada into US markets. Volumes sold were stable, if slightly down, over the end of last year. Canadian softwood lumber production, sales, and export VOLUMES January…
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Canada Lumber Production by Sawmills: Oct 2014
Read more: Canada Lumber Production by Sawmills: Oct 2014October 2014 Lumber production by sawmills increased 3 per cent from September to 5,312.7 thousand cubic metres in October, said Statistics Canada Monday. Compared with October 2013, lumber production decreased 0.5 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5,328.5 thousand cubic metres of lumber in October, an increase of 6.2 per cent from September.
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Canada Lumber Production by Sawmills: Oct 2014
Read more: Canada Lumber Production by Sawmills: Oct 2014October 2014 Lumber production by sawmills increased 3 per cent from September to 5,312.7 thousand cubic metres in October, said Statistics Canada Monday. Compared with October 2013, lumber production decreased 0.5 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5,328.5 thousand cubic metres of lumber in October, an increase of 6.2 per cent from September.
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It’s Getting Crowded in Here. . .
Read more: It’s Getting Crowded in Here. . .Your weekly Madison’s Lumber Reporter is bursting at the seams! Over the next few weeks there will be new content added, mostly taken from the data sets we have been working for the quarterly Forest Pulse. (sample download here: http://162.213.156.131/~madisonsreport/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/mclr010915.pdf ) There will be additional pages added to the newsletter make room for this important…
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It’s Getting Crowded in Here…
Read more: It’s Getting Crowded in Here…Your weekly Madison’s Lumber Reporter is bursting at the seams! Over the next few weeks there will be new content added, mostly taken from the data sets we have been working for the quarterly Forest Pulse. (sample download here: http://162.213.156.131/~madisonsreport/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/mclr010915.pdf ) There will be additional pages added to the newsletter make room for this important…
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Canada Building Permits: Nov 2014
Read more: Canada Building Permits: Nov 2014Canadian municipalities issued building permits worth $6.6 billion in November, down 13.8 per cednt from October, following two consecutive monthly increases. Widespread declines in both the non-residential and residential sectors in several provinces were responsible for the decrease in November. The value of building permits for the first 11 months of 2014 totalled $77.9 billion,…
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Canada Industrial product and raw materials price indexes: Nov 2014
Read more: Canada Industrial product and raw materials price indexes: Nov 2014The Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) decreased 0.4 per cent in November, mainly because of lower prices for energy and petroleum products. The Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) declined 5.8 per cent in November, largely as a result of lower prices for crude energy products. The IPPI, down 0.4 per cent, declined for the third…
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British Columbia Lumber Exports to US Surpass 2013
Read more: British Columbia Lumber Exports to US Surpass 2013Values of BC lumber exports to US January to November 2014, $2,792 million, surpass full-year 2013, $2,558 million, said BC Stats Wednesday. BC lumber exports by value globally January to November 2014 were flat compared to 2013, exports to China individually were also stable.
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Canada Softwood Lumber Exports up 12.8 Per Cent
Read more: Canada Softwood Lumber Exports up 12.8 Per CentValues of Canadian softwood lumber exports to Top 3 Countries for January to October 2014, $6,793.27 million, exceeded the previous year, $5,925.85 million, by 12.8 per cent, according to Statistics Canada December 29, 2014. Lumber Exports, Canada Volumes of Canadian Softwood lumber exports to Top 3 Countries for January to October 2014 were 32.15 million…
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US ISM Manufacturing Index : Dec 2014
Read more: US ISM Manufacturing Index : Dec 2014Economic activity in the US manufacturing sector expanded in December for the 19th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 67th consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the Manufacturing ISM Report On Business January 6. Manufacturing expanded in December as the PMI registered 55.5 percent, a decrease of 3.2 percentage points…
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EACOM Sympathy . . .
Read more: EACOM Sympathy . . .EACOM Timber Corporation is deeply saddened Friday by the news that Paul Campeau, an employee of Green Acres Contracting, lost his life this week while sanding roads in the Trout Lake Forest in Ontario. We extend our sincerest sympathy to Paul’s family, friends and loved ones during this very difficult time. Our hearts also go…
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North America Transportation : Challenges for 2015
Read more: North America Transportation : Challenges for 2015This week mediators stepped in, “prepared and ready to render prompt assistance” to end a six-month standoff between shippers and dockworkers that has worsened congestion and problems at the Port of Oakland, CA, and across the West Coast of the US. Transportation delays at the ports have occurred largely due to a combination of chassis…
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U.S. Softwood Lumber Industry Activity : Oct 2014
Read more: U.S. Softwood Lumber Industry Activity : Oct 2014Using the latest trade statistics, the Western Wood Products Association found US Softwood Lumber Apparent Consumption for January to October 2014 (at 35.7 billion fbm), up 7.1 per cent over the same time period in 2013. Lumber imports, meanwhile, are up 12.3 per cent. The latest issue of the WWPA’s Lumber Track, out Monday, found…
