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Study: Manufacturing Sales 2013, Canada
Read more: Study: Manufacturing Sales 2013, CanadaCanadian manufacturing sales increased in 2013 for the fourth year in a row, Statistics Canada announcement Monday. Sales edged up 0.3 per cent and have almost fully recovered from the recession of 2008-2009. By contrast, constant dollar sales fell 0.9 per cent year over year, indicating a drop in volumes. Constant dollar sales in 2013…
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US Supply of New Homes: August
Read more: US Supply of New Homes: AugustThe August increase of the pace of new home sales pushed the months’ supply measure of inventory to its lowest level in more than a year. According to estimates from the Census Bureau and HUD released Thursday, on a nonseasonally adjusted basis the inventory of for-sale newly built homes stood at 206,000 in August. This…
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New Home Sales, US
Read more: New Home Sales, USIn a joint release the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Wednesday that newly constructed single family homes sold at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 504 thousand in August, up 18 per cent from July and 33 per cent from August 2013. The supply of new homes available for sale…
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Fort Francis Pulp Mill
Read more: Fort Francis Pulp MillThe kraft pulp mill across the Rainy River in Fort Frances, ON, could have a buyer, according to a report this week in the Fort Frances Times. Possible Buyer The mill had previously been closed permanently in May by owner Resolute Forest Products, which followed a January announcement of an extended period of market-related outage…
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New Labour Market Information Study
Read more: New Labour Market Information StudyThe Wood Manufacturing Council (WMC) in June launched its project to conduct a new national Labour Market Information (LMI) Study for the Advanced Wood Processing Sector. The Council will work with sector stakeholders to produce a comprehensive LMI sector study to identify short- medium- and long-term Human Resources issues and challenges, which will serve as…
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September 2014 Lumber Sales Fizzle; Prices Stable over 2013
Read more: September 2014 Lumber Sales Fizzle; Prices Stable over 2013North American dimension lumber sales fizzled through September, to the great disappointment of solid wood traders looking for increased demand during great home building weather. Prices on most lumber and panel commodities maintained relatively level while some specialty items lost ground. Perhaps most importantly, prices generally were stable over this time last year. Producers reported…
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September 2014 Lumber Sales Fizzle; Prices Stable over 2013
Read more: September 2014 Lumber Sales Fizzle; Prices Stable over 2013North American dimension lumber sales fizzled through September, to the great disappointment of solid wood traders looking for increased demand during great home building weather. Prices on most lumber and panel commodities maintained relatively level while some specialty items lost ground. Perhaps most importantly, prices generally were stable over this time last year. Producers reported…
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Lumber Production and Manufacturing (Canada), Lumber Prices : July and August 2014
Read more: Lumber Production and Manufacturing (Canada), Lumber Prices : July and August 2014Lumber Production and Manufacturing (Canada), Lumber Prices : July and August 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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Lumber Production and Manufacturing (Canada), Lumber Prices : July and August 2014
Read more: Lumber Production and Manufacturing (Canada), Lumber Prices : July and August 2014Lumber Production and Manufacturing (Canada), Lumber Prices : July and August 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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Timberland: North America and Global
Read more: Timberland: North America and GlobalThis annual timberland investment conference, held at the World Forestry Center in Portland, OR, is growing in attendance each year. As always, the event had an excellent line-up of speakers this week. The World Forestry Center is a not-for-profit organization. Who Will Own the Forest 10? This week was held the tenth annual “Who Will…
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US Housing Starts
Read more: US Housing StartsBuilding of single-family units in the United States, roughly two-thirds of the market, fell a modest 2.4 per cent in August, Commerce Department figures showed Thursday. Home construction fell last month after surging to a post-recession high in July, a sign of choppy progress in the housing market. Total US housing starts fell 14.4 per…
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Canada Wholesale Trade
Read more: Canada Wholesale TradeFollowing three consecutive monthly gains, wholesale sales in Canada decreased 0.3 per cent to $52.9 billion in July, said Statistics Canada Friday. Declines in five subsectors, which together represented 81 per cent of wholesale sales, more than offset an increase in the motor vehicle and parts subsector. Excluding this subsector, wholesale sales declined 1 per…
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Manufacturing Survey, US
Read more: Manufacturing Survey, USThe pace of growth in the US manufacturing sector rose in August to its highest level since March 2011, according to an industry report released Tuesday. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said its index of national factory activity rose to 59.0 from 57.1 the month before. A reading above 50 indicates expansion in the…
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Alberta Forest Industry Trees Planted
Read more: Alberta Forest Industry Trees PlantedMembers of the Alberta Forest Products Association (AFPA) planted 65 million trees in forests throughout Alberta during the summer of 2014, the agency announced Wednesday. This works out to 16 trees for every person in Alberta and an average of more than two trees for every tree the industry harvested. In addition to long-term benefits,…
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Canada Housing Starts
Read more: Canada Housing StartsCanadian housing starts cooled more than expected in August, while the previous month was also revised slightly lower, data showed on Tuesday. A report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp showed the seasonally adjusted annualized rate of housing starts slipped to 192,368 last month from a downwardly revised 199,813 units in July. The small…
