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Housing Starts, Japan
Read more: Housing Starts, JapanHousing Starts, Japan According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan’s housing starts in July 2014 were 72,880 units, a 14.1 per cent drop from the same month in the previous year, and was below the result of the preceding year for the fifth consecutive month, said the Japan Lumber Journal Friday.…
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US Home Sales, Mortgages
Read more: US Home Sales, MortgagesUS foreclosure activity jumped in August for the second consecutive month, industry firm RealtyTrac said on Thursday. Overall, 116,913 properties were at some stage of the foreclosure process, which includes foreclosure notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions, the group said. That pushed overall activity up 7 per cent from July. From a year ago, foreclosure…
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Mattawa Sawmill Sold
Read more: Mattawa Sawmill SoldA shuttered former Tembec sawmill in Mattawa, ON, has been sold to a southern Ontario green-tech startup company, according to Northern Ontario Business Friday. The Mattawa-Bonfield Economic Development Corporation (MBEDC) announced that the BioNorth Technology Group acquired the 187-acre mill property in August. The company needs a minimum of 50,000 cubic metres of fibre annually…
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Forest Management USA
Read more: Forest Management USATwo American states are in the news this week with big moves in timberland management. North Carolina State University (NCSU) plans to sell most of the Hofman Forest to a company that specializes in sustainable timber management. Multiple media outlets reported Thursday that the Resource Management Service of Alabama, a Timber Investment Management Organization (or…
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Madison’s Interactive Lumber Price Web-Based Graphing Tool
Read more: Madison’s Interactive Lumber Price Web-Based Graphing ToolInteractive Lumber Price Graphing Tool Madison’s web-based interactive lumber price graphing tool will be ready for beta testing next week! This extremely useful tool is driven by the historical dimension lumber and panel prices listed in your weekly Madison’s Lumber Reporter. At first the date range available will be 1990 to present. Also, while our…
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Madison’s Interactive Lumber Price Web-Based Graphing Tool
Read more: Madison’s Interactive Lumber Price Web-Based Graphing ToolInteractive Lumber Price Graphing Tool Madison’s web-based interactive lumber price graphing tool will be ready for beta testing next week! This extremely useful tool is driven by the historical dimension lumber and panel prices listed in your weekly Madison’s Lumber Reporter. At first the date range available will be 1990 to present. Also, while our…
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US Construction Employment
Read more: US Construction EmploymentBuilders and contractors across the US are warning of a looming extreme worker shortage, according to a new study and report released by the Associated General Contractors of America and SmartBrief. Construction Employment United States Twenty-five per cent of US construction firms report turning down work due to labour shortages, finds a recent study by…
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Sawmill Manufacturing Canada: June 2014
Read more: Sawmill Manufacturing Canada: June 2014Lumber production by Canadian sawmills increased 3.3 per vent from May to 5,068.2 thousand cubic metres in June, said Statistics Canada Tuesday. Compared with June 2013, lumber production increased 2.5 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5,457.6 thousand cubic metres of lumber in June, a decrease of 6.2 per cent from May.
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Canada Exports Improvement
Read more: Canada Exports ImprovementCanada’s merchandise exports increased 1.4 per cent in July, while imports edged down 0.3 per cent, according to Statistcs Canada Thursday. As a result, Canada’s trade surplus with the world widened from $1.8 billion in June to $2.6 billion in July. Exports rose to $45.5 billion, led by motor vehicles and parts. Overall, volumes increased…
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Trade Deficit, US
Read more: Trade Deficit, USTotal July exports of US$198 billion and imports of US$238.6 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of US$40.5 billion, down from US$40.8 billion in June, revised, the US Department of Commerce reported Tuesday. July exports were US$1.8 billion more than June exports of US$196.2 billion. July imports were US$1.6 billion more than June…
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US Multi-Family Residential Construction
Read more: US Multi-Family Residential ConstructionThe latest Census estimate shows significant gains in single-family and multifamily private residential construction spending from one year ago, said the National Association of Home Builders also Tuesday. On a 3-month moving average basis from July 2013, single-family construction spending increased 9.9 per cent and multifamily construction spending increased 38.4 per cent. The current seasonally…
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Maibec Invests
Read more: Maibec InvestsMaibec Inc, out of Levis, QC, has invested more than $20 million in the upgrade of its lumber mill in St-Pamphile de l’Islet. The upgrade included the acquisition of high-tech, high-performance equipment that maibec says will enable it to optimize the use of resources while increasing agility in manufacturing value-added products for customers and improving…
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Canada Lumber Production, Manufacturing, and Prices : June 2014 & Aug 2014
Read more: Canada Lumber Production, Manufacturing, and Prices : June 2014 & Aug 2014Canada Lumber Production, Manufacturing, and Prices : June 2014 & Aug 2014 Canada Lumber Production, Manufacturing, and Prices : June 2014 & Aug 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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Canada Lumber Production, Manufacturing, and Prices : June 2014 & Aug 2014
Read more: Canada Lumber Production, Manufacturing, and Prices : June 2014 & Aug 2014Canada Lumber Production, Manufacturing, and Prices : June 2014 & Aug 2014 Canada Lumber Production, Manufacturing, and Prices : June 2014 & Aug 2014Â from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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Canada Export and Trade: First-Half 2014
Read more: Canada Export and Trade: First-Half 2014A jump in exports helped the Canadian economy bounce back from a weather-restrained 1Q, with annualized growth of 3.1 per cent in 2Q after a downwardly revised 0.9 per cent in the first. The Statistics Canada data on Friday showed gross domestic product growing at its fastest pace since 3Q 2011, beating the Bank of…
