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Japan Housing Starts : Oct 2014
Read more: Japan Housing Starts : Oct 2014October 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…
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North America Softwood Lumber Production : Sept
Read more: North America Softwood Lumber Production : SeptProduction of softwood lumber in the US increased by 4.9 per cent for the first nine months of 2014 compared to last year, to 23,718 million board feet, said the Western Wood Products Association Lumber Track Friday. Softwood lumber shipments across America also increased, by 5.1 per cent, to 23,772 million board feet from January…
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US Housing Construction Spending Post Gains
Read more: US Housing Construction Spending Post GainsThe North American Association of Home Builders’ analysis of total private residential construction spending Census data finds that all three components increased in October. Single-family spending increased 1.8 per cent, multifamily spending increased 1 per cent, and home improvement spending increased 0.6 per cent from revised September estimates. Total private residential construction spending (all three…
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Sawmill Curtailments, Closures
Read more: Sawmill Curtailments, ClosuresReduced demand for dimensional lumber in China has resulted in Western Forest Products closing its Ladysmith, BC, Sawmill effective Friday. According to company spokesperson Amy Spencer, the mill will be shut down temporarily. The mill, which has 85 employees, is expected to continue to run some maintenance and shipping shifts, so it’s unclear how many…
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Madison’s Lumber Reporter Contact Change . . . .
Read more: Madison’s Lumber Reporter Contact Change . . . .Company Info ****PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW PHONE NUMBER: 604-319-2266****
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Madison’s Lumber Reporter Contact Change . . . .
Read more: Madison’s Lumber Reporter Contact Change . . . .Company Info ****PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW PHONE NUMBER: 604-319-2266****
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Tembec Mill Strike
Read more: Tembec Mill StrikeTembec ceased production at its lumber mill in Temiscaming, QC, Thursday after workers went on strike late Wednesday. The Quebec-based pulp, paper, and lumber producer says 650 unionized employees of Unifor local 233 have walked off the job at the facility. An additional 200 workers employed at the mill are not unionized. The union and…
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Canada Producer Price, Raw Materials Index: Oct 2014
Read more: Canada Producer Price, Raw Materials Index: Oct 2014The Industrial Product Price Index in Canada decreased 0.5 per cent in October, mainly due to lower prices for energy and petroleum products, said Statistics Canada Friday. The Raw Materials Price Index declined 4.3 per cent in October, largely as a result of lower prices for crude energy products. The IPPI declined 0.5 per cent…
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Producer Price Index, US: Oct 2014
Read more: Producer Price Index, US: Oct 2014US producer prices unexpectedly rose in October, but the underlying trend continued to point to a benign inflation environment that could bolster the Federal Reserve’s resolve to keep interest rates very low a bit longer. The US Labour Department said November 18 that its producer price index increased 0.2 per cent, driven by a jump…
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Sawmill Fire
Read more: Sawmill FireSeveral crews from a three different fire departments battled a fire at a New Waverly lumber yard in Texas overnight Saturday. It happened at the Universal Forest Products plant on near State Highway 75. Investigators say a lumber kiln on the property was on fire. Firefighters were able to contain the damage to the lumber…
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Biomass Fuel
Read more: Biomass FuelThe innovative chemical process modifies cellulose, present in non-edible plant matter such as wood, straw, grass, cotton, or paper, by removing oxygen bonded to its hydrocarbon chains while preserving the chains’ structure. There has also been recent progress in developing cellulosic nanomaterials from wood material, stiff and lightweight products from cellulose manipulated at the molecular…
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Lumber prices stay flat as severe weather wallops key markets
Read more: Lumber prices stay flat as severe weather wallops key marketsThe relentless onset of winter conditions this week did nothing to bolster US and Canadian lumber and panel sales, despite the annual North American Wholesale Lumbermen’s Association meeting being held in Chicago, IL, last week, according building materials price newsletter Madison’s Lumber Reporter. Prices on almost all standard construction framing commodities remained flat as severe…
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Lumber prices stay flat as severe weather wallops key markets
Read more: Lumber prices stay flat as severe weather wallops key marketsThe relentless onset of winter conditions this week did nothing to bolster US and Canadian lumber and panel sales, despite the annual North American Wholesale Lumbermen’s Association meeting being held in Chicago, IL, last week, according building materials price newsletter Madison’s Lumber Reporter. Prices on almost all standard construction framing commodities remained flat as severe…
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Madison’s Mention in Vancouver Sun today:
Read more: Madison’s Mention in Vancouver Sun today:Supply may not meet demand for B.C. lumber exports Pine beetle-ravaged forests may have trouble supplying growth in U.S. home construction By Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun November 20, 2014 British Columbia’s forest sector is going to lead growth in the province’s exports next year to feed burgeoning new-home construction in the U.S., but lumber makers…
