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North American Dimension Lumber Prices OCT 2014 Stabilize Year-over-Year
Read more: North American Dimension Lumber Prices OCT 2014 Stabilize Year-over-YearOctober 17, 2014 MADISON’S WEEKLY LUMBER MARKET UPDATE AND OVERVIEW Provided by: Madison’s Lumber Reporter www.madisonsreport.com After a rocky September demonstrating significant fluctuation, North American dimension lumber and panel prices stabilized this week to come almost exactly even with one-year ago levels, according to weekly building materials price newsletter Madison’s Lumber Reporter. Positive US housing…
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North American Dimension Lumber Prices OCT 2014 Stabilize Year-over-Year
Read more: North American Dimension Lumber Prices OCT 2014 Stabilize Year-over-YearOctober 17, 2014 MADISON’S WEEKLY LUMBER MARKET UPDATE AND OVERVIEW Provided by: Madison’s Lumber Reporter www.madisonsreport.com After a rocky September demonstrating significant fluctuation, North American dimension lumber and panel prices stabilized this week to come almost exactly even with one-year ago levels, according to weekly building materials price newsletter Madison’s Lumber Reporter. Positive US housing…
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US Mortgages
Read more: US MortgagesWarren Buffet, head of multi-billion dollar investment firm Berkshire Hathaway, said Tuesday he is surprised Americans are not “lining up now to get mortgages to buy a home.” He is puzzled by the sluggish rebound in US home construction amid near record-low interest rates and a broader recovery in the economy. At a conference hosted…
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Madison’s Employment Listings
Read more: Madison’s Employment ListingsAs part of our ongoing commitment to providing the best quality — and most timely — service, Madison’s will be adding employment listings in the North American forest products industry as a supplement to your weekly Reporter. For the time being we are building out that content live on the website, here: http://162.213.156.131/~madisonsreport/interactions/jobs/ Send us…
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Canada Housing Starts
Read more: Canada Housing StartsCanadian housing starts rose modestly in September as builders broke ground on more multiple-unit dwellings, typically condominiums, data showed on Wednesday. The report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp showed housing starts climbed to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 197,343 units last month from an upwardly revised 196,283 units in August. The homebuilding…
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Housing Starts, Japan
Read more: Housing Starts, JapanNew housing starts in Japan for August dropped by 12.5 per cent compared to one year ago, to 73,771 units said Japan Lumber Reports Friday. On a seasonally adjusted basis the starts were 845,000. There was a 6.1 per cent drop in total housing starts for the first 8 months of 2014 compared to the…
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Pinnacle Pellet Mill Fire
Read more: Pinnacle Pellet Mill FireFire broke out Thursday morning — with some reports of an explosion — at the Pinnacle Renewable Energy Plant in Burns Lake, BC. Three workers were injured, one seriously. The facility was under maintenance curtailment. The company had been charged this year almost $50,000 by WorkSafeBC for repeated incidents of dust collection at the plant.…
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Nova Scotia Forest Plan
Read more: Nova Scotia Forest PlanThe government of Nova Scotia announced its forestry plan for the western Crown lands Thursday and released 10-year fibre allocations for the lands. Nearly 20,000 green metric tonnes in western Crown lands earmarked for two Pictou County mills. For the first time, allocations will be based on a percentage of available harvest rather than a…
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Wood Pellet Association of Canada Meeting
Read more: Wood Pellet Association of Canada MeetingThis year’s Wood Products Association of Canada AGM in Vancouver, BC, November 17 – 19 looks to be a very worthwhile event. An entire day’s seminars on sustainability certification and wood pellet workshop as well as a tour of the Fibre pellet handling facility in North Vancouver. Subjects covered for the rest of the event…
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Forestry Planner — WEST FRASER, AB
Read more: Forestry Planner — WEST FRASER, ABWest Fraser seeks Forestry Planner in Sundre, Alberta Requirements: The ideal candidate for this position will be registered as Forest Practitioner in Alberta as a RPF or RFT with experience as an operational planner with GIS and GPS expertise being a definite asset. Candidates should have a desire to expand into participating in the development…
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Forestry Field Assistant, Silviculture — CONIFEX, BC
Read more: Forestry Field Assistant, Silviculture — CONIFEX, BCConifex seeks Forestry Field Assistant – Silviculture in Mackenzie, British Columbia Responsibilities: In this role you will be assisting the silviculture team with the implementation and supervision of planting and brushing contracts; participating in manual brushing layout, post‐harvest, and forest health assessments; and field data collection and management. APPLY
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Forestry Field Assistant, Planning — CONIFEX, BC
Read more: Forestry Field Assistant, Planning — CONIFEX, BCConifex seeks Forestry Field Assistant – Planning in Fort St. James, British Columbia Responsibilities: In this role you will be assisting the planning team with total chance planning. This involves timber quality/quantity assessments and preliminary assessments of: riparian features, road locations, topography features, site plan data collection and any other resource features noted in the…
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Process Operator — G6 ENTERPRISES, SK
Read more: Process Operator — G6 ENTERPRISES, SKG6 Enterprises seeks Forestry Processor Operator in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Qualifications: Experience with 2154 and 2454 John Deere carriers using Waratah processing heads. APPLY
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Sawmill Maintenance Manager — Northern Saskatchewan
Read more: Sawmill Maintenance Manager — Northern SaskatchewanNorthern Recruitment is advertising for a Sawmill Maintenance Manager in north Saskatchewan Responsibilities: This role will lead the budgeting, forecasting and expenditures relating to the maintenance of the sawmill and planer facilities and oversee the training of all maintenance staff and hourly personnel including apprentice trades people. Additionally, this opportunity will be assisting in the…
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Forestry Supervisor, Planning — CANFOR, Fort St. John, BC
Read more: Forestry Supervisor, Planning — CANFOR, Fort St. John, BCCanfor seeks Forestry Supervisor — Planning A 14-month term role calling for forestry & project management expertise to engage in cutblock planning in Fort St. John, BC Reporting to the Planning Coordinator and with a focus on meeting our safety, sustainability and production objectives, you will engage in all cutblock planning activities as a full-time…
