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More Sawmill Fires
Read more: More Sawmill FiresA blaze broke out around 4:30 pm Thursday at Sexton Lumber in Bloomfield, NL, on the Bonavista Peninsula. The fire was in the dried bark/sawdust holding building on the outside edge of the property, and the sawmill, kiln, planer mill, drying plant, office, and inventory sections were all undamaged. However the company lost a complete…
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Norbord, Ainsworth to Merge
Read more: Norbord, Ainsworth to MergeTwo Canadian wood product companies — Norbord Inc. and Ainsworth Lumber Corp. — plan to combine their businesses through a $759-million deal to create one of the world’s largest producers of oriented strand board. Norbord Inc.’s proposed acquisition of Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. will create a global wood products giant with a market capitalization of…
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Log Exports (CA, US) Sept 2014, Lumber Prices Dec 2014
Read more: Log Exports (CA, US) Sept 2014, Lumber Prices Dec 2014Log Exports (CA, US) Sept 2014, Lumber Prices Dec 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter Canada Softwood Log Exports VALUES 2010 to Sept 2014. USA Softwood Log Exports VALUES 2010 to Sept 2014. Construction Framing Dimension Lumber Price Comparison, North America December 2013 to 2014. Canadian Forest Products Company Shares Dec 2012 to 2014.
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Log Exports (CA, US) Sept 2014, Lumber Prices Dec 2014
Read more: Log Exports (CA, US) Sept 2014, Lumber Prices Dec 2014Log Exports (CA, US) Sept 2014, Lumber Prices Dec 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter Canada Softwood Log Exports VALUES 2010 to Sept 2014. USA Softwood Log Exports VALUES 2010 to Sept 2014. Construction Framing Dimension Lumber Price Comparison, North America December 2013 to 2014. Canadian Forest Products Company Shares Dec 2012 to 2014.
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North American Railroad Shipper Survey
Read more: North American Railroad Shipper SurveyRBC Dominion Securities this week released its RBC Compass, 2015 North American Railroad Shipper Survey. The survey taps into the views of the Class 1 railroads’ top customers, with key findings focusing on shippers’ expectations for 2015 regarding: the direction of rail rates; volume growth; and service performance. This year, the survey also solicited shippers’…
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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…
