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US Wood Products Imports from Canada by Truck and KEY 2×4 LUMBER PRICES vs. US Trucking Company Shares
Read more: US Wood Products Imports from Canada by Truck and KEY 2×4 LUMBER PRICES vs. US Trucking Company SharesUS Wood Products Imports from Canada by Truck and KEY 2×4 LUMBER PRICES vs. US Trucking Company Shares US Wood Products Imports from Canada by Truck and KEY 2×4 LUMBER PRICES vs. US Trucking Company Shares from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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China Wood Imports and Canada Wood Exports VS US Housing Starts and Lumber Prices
Read more: China Wood Imports and Canada Wood Exports VS US Housing Starts and Lumber PricesChina Wood Imports and Canada Wood Exports VS US Housing Starts and Lumber Prices China Wood Imports and Canada Wood Exports VS US Housing Starts and Lumber Prices from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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China Wood Imports and Canada Wood Exports VS US Housing Starts and Lumber Prices
Read more: China Wood Imports and Canada Wood Exports VS US Housing Starts and Lumber PricesChina Wood Imports and Canada Wood Exports VS US Housing Starts and Lumber Prices China Wood Imports and Canada Wood Exports VS US Housing Starts and Lumber Prices from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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BC – China Lumber Export MOU
Read more: BC – China Lumber Export MOUFurther to last week’s issue in your Madison’s Lumber Reporter about the most recent earthquake in China, this week the government of British Columbia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a province in China for the import of BC lumber and wood products. Efforts to expand export markets for BC lumber took a major step…
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Canada Lumber Exports
Read more: Canada Lumber ExportsCanadian softwood lumber exports to the USA in 2Q 2014 increased year on year by 11.5 per cent, to 3.213 billion board feet (or roughly 7.58 million cubic metres), said Canada’s Softwood Lumber Controls Division this week. As they had in 1Q, producers from Québec expanded exports by roughly 33 per cent, to 497.36 million…
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New Brunswick Forestry Deal Disputed
Read more: New Brunswick Forestry Deal DisputedNew Brunswick Premier David Alward said Tuesday a controversial forestry agreement with J.D. Irving should be finalized before the provincial election campaign begins next week, according to CBC. The government signed an initial deal with the company earlier in the year and a final agreement was expected to be in place by July 1. The…
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Kenora Forest Products to Reopen Sawmill
Read more: Kenora Forest Products to Reopen SawmillUnifor has reached a long-term contract with Kenora Forests Products in Kenora, ON, to re-start sawmill operations there by the beginning of 2015, according to the labour union’s press release Thursday. The new deal also will facilitate millions of dollars in capital investment for modernizing the mill and installing an additional saw line for expanded…
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Terrace Log Storage Yard Cleared Out
Read more: Terrace Log Storage Yard Cleared OutA Chinese-owned forest company has now moved all of its logs from a city-of-Terrace-owned property and has cleared the site in northern BC, according to the Terrace Standard Tuesday. YaoRun Wood Company began leasing the approximately 20 acres from the city in early 2013 for $10,000 a month, storing logs there until they could be…
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China Earthquake Rebuilding
Read more: China Earthquake RebuildingAn earthquake in China Sunday, of 6.1-magnitude, in a mountainous farming region of Yunnan province has killed 615 people as of Thursday with another 114 missing. This follows the devastating 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province, of 7.8-magnitude, when more than 69,000 people died and more than 18,000 remain missing. Almost 5 million people were made…
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BC State of the Forest 2013
Read more: BC State of the Forest 2013BC’s forest sector manufacturing sales increased in 2013, with many product prices increasing substantially compared to 2012, according to the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations “State of the Forests” report released this week. The US economy continued to gradually improve, as seen in the employment status and housing market, and this…
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Weyerhaeuser, Conifex Report
Read more: Weyerhaeuser, Conifex ReportBolstered by strong wood product and timber sales, Weyerhaeuser Company, out of Federal Way, WA, August 1 reported 2Q 2014 earnings of US$280 million from operations of US$2 billion. Net earnings were US$234 million, or 40 cents per diluted share. This compares with net earnings of US$183 million, or 33 cents per diluted share, for…
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Interfor Selected for US Biomass Fuel Program
Read more: Interfor Selected for US Biomass Fuel ProgramInterfor, based in Vancouver, BC, said one of its Oregon sawmills has been selected to participate in a federal program in the United States encouraging the production of biomass, according to Clean Tech Canada Thursday. Interfor’s sawmill in Gilchrist, OR, southeast of Portland, was chosen by the head of the US Department of Agriculture to…
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EACOM Reopens
Read more: EACOM ReopensA northwestern Ontario sawmill officially re-opened Tuesday after being shuttered for more than five years, said CBC. The Eacom Timber Corporation has spent the last several months retrofitting the mill in Ear Falls, ON. By the middle of the month, more than 50 people will be working on the first shift, general manager Harrison Wicks…
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Sherwood Celebrates . . .
Read more: Sherwood Celebrates . . .“After 60 years of business, Sherwood Lumber is stronger than ever thanks in no small part to our incredible customers and dedicated staff. Starting Wednesday, we are commemorating this milestone with celebrations throughout all our offices and product offers for each region. Join in the celebration!”
