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Sierra Pacific WA Sawmill Announcement
Read more: Sierra Pacific WA Sawmill AnnouncementSierra Pacific Industries, the second-largest lumber producer in America, is assembling a site at Frederickson in southern Pierce County, WA, to build a major new sawmill that could employ as many as 200 workers. The company is in the “due diligence phase” of this project, and is investigating the potential benefits and detriments of the…
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Former Skeena Pulp Mill Site Fined
Read more: Former Skeena Pulp Mill Site FinedThe City of Prince Rupert has been fined $50,000 by Environment Canada for the illegal discharge of chemicals into the ocean from the old Skeena Cellulose pulp mill. The city pleaded guilty last week to violating the Fisheries Act. More than three years ago a toxic product from the pulp-making process was spilled from the…
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Sawmill Fires
Read more: Sawmill FiresKansas City, MI, firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at an old lumber company Thursday evening. The fire broke out in the 1300 block of East 31st Street in an area filled with old pallets. Firefighters said they called for an additional alarm because the pallets had the potential of becoming a much bigger fire,…
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Apartment Absorption Rates, US
Read more: Apartment Absorption Rates, USAbsorption rates for new rental and for-sale multifamily homes in America were roughly unchanged at the start of 2014, according to National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) analysis of data Monday. Completions of privately financed, unsubsidized, unfurnished rental apartments in buildings with five or more units were up during 2013. A total of 132,600 such…
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Japan Housing Starts
Read more: Japan Housing StartsTotal housing starts in Japan for April were 75,286 units, a 3.3 per cent drop from one year ago, and representing two months’ decline, according to Japan Lumber Reports. This is a slight improvement over March starts of 69,111, and brings seasonally-adjusted annual starts to 906,000. Housing Starts, Japan New construction of owners’ units in…
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US Treasury Budget Deficit
Read more: US Treasury Budget DeficitThe Treasury May Monthly Treasury Statement released Wednesday reported a US$130 billion deficit in May 2014, down from US$138 billion in May 2013. For fiscal year 2014 through May, the deficit was US$436 billion, compared to US$626 billion for the same period in fiscal 2013. The Congressional Budget Office released their Updated Budget Projections: 2014…
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Wood Trade Globally
Read more: Wood Trade GloballyA wide array of data was released this week demonstrating softwood imports and exports to various regions of the world: The US imported 8.932 million cubic metres of softwood lumber between January and April 2014 according to the US Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), a 3 per cent increase over the same period last year. Canada’s…
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BC Sawmill Worker Injured
Read more: BC Sawmill Worker InjuredDetails about the condition, identity, and injuries of a Centurion Lumber Manufacturing worker, hurt late Thursday morning in a planer mill near Chemainus, BC, were unknown at press time. Cpl. Jon Stuart of the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP confirmed on scene man in his mid- to late-50s was seriously injured at 11:33 a.m. in the firm’s…
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US Real Estate, Mortgages
Read more: US Real Estate, MortgagesAsking home prices rose at their slowest rate in 13 months, rising just 8 per cent year-over-year, or 7.2 per cent excluding foreclosures, according to Trulia Thursday. Although this year-over-year increase is slower than in previous months, an 8 per cent increase is still far above the long-term historical norm for home-price appreciation, the agency…
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British Columbia Exports to Asia 2000-2013
Read more: British Columbia Exports to Asia 2000-2013British Columbia Exports to Asia A new analysis of more than a decade’s worth of trade data show that the volume of shipped goods out of Canada varies widely by province and sector. British Columbia’s exports to Asia, for example, have nearly doubled between 2000 and 2013 from roughly 24 per cent of provincial exports…
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Madison’s Lumber Reporter FREE Sample Issue
Read more: Madison’s Lumber Reporter FREE Sample IssueEvery six months or so we update the one-time free sample issue of our weekly Madison’s Lumber Reporter. It can also be downloaded here . . . LATEST SAMPLE ISSUE
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Madison’s Lumber Reporter FREE Sample Issue
Read more: Madison’s Lumber Reporter FREE Sample IssueEvery six months or so we update the one-time free sample issue of our weekly Madison’s Lumber Reporter. It can also be downloaded here . . . LATEST SAMPLE ISSUE
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Madison’s Weekly Lumber Market Comment
Read more: Madison’s Weekly Lumber Market CommentTrue summer-like days extended across North America this week as lumber and panel prices in the US and Canada floundered, writes Keta Kosman in Madison’s Lumber Reporter www.madisonseport.com Producers and wholesalers could not agree on the situation with the cash market; resellers claimed growing inventories and weak demand even as sawmills increased production. Prices of…
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Madison’s Weekly Lumber Market Comment
Read more: Madison’s Weekly Lumber Market CommentTrue summer-like days extended across North America this week as lumber and panel prices in the US and Canada floundered, writes Keta Kosman in Madison’s Lumber Reporter www.madisonseport.com Producers and wholesalers could not agree on the situation with the cash market; resellers claimed growing inventories and weak demand even as sawmills increased production. Prices of…
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BC Logger Fatality
Read more: BC Logger FatalityBritish Columbia RCMP in conjunction with the BC Coroner’s Service and Worksafe BC responded to a logging accident that claimed the life of a 35 year Nelson, BC, man Tuesday morning. At approximately 8:30 AM police were call to the accident which took place near the Smallwood Forest Service Road. It appears the man was…
