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Japan Timber Imports 2013
Read more: Japan Timber Imports 2013Japan’s Foreign Timber General Supply and Demand Liaison Conference has released data on the amount of timber and lumber imported into that country, according to the Japan Lumber Journal this week. Volumes of foreign logs received in 2013 was 4,528,434 m3, a 3.6 per cent increase compared to the previous year, and the amount of…
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BC Ministry of Forests Tenure Reform
Read more: BC Ministry of Forests Tenure ReformForests Minister Steve Thomson says the Liberal government is taking another shot at giving forest companies more rights to control British Columbia’s public forest lands, but he rejects criticism that the plan would privatize provincial forests. The move could dramatically change the way public forests are managed by granting lumber companies tenure rights, or logging…
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Universal Acquires
Read more: Universal AcquiresUniversal Forest Products has been on a buying spree in the past two weeks, acquiring stakes in saw mill, lumber processing and manufacturing businesses in North Carolina and Texas. On March 31 the company announced the acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in Upshur Forest Products, based in Dallas, TX, and with sawmill operations…
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West Fraser Acquires
Read more: West Fraser AcquiresWest Fraser Timber, out of Vancouver, BC, continues to grow its lumber business in the US south with news this week of its agreement to purchase Bibler Brothers Lumber’s sawmill and lumber manufacturing operations in Russellville, AR. Located near West Fraser’s newly acquired mill in Mansfield, Bibler Brothers produced approximately 136 million board feet of…
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Genetically Modified Poplar
Read more: Genetically Modified PoplarWhat began 20 years ago as an innovation to improve paper industry processes and dairy forage digestibility may now open the door to a much more energy- and cost-efficient way to convert biomass into fuel. A collaboration between researchers at the University of British Columbia, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Michigan State University, the breakthrough…
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Developments with Softwood Lumber Agreement
Read more: Developments with Softwood Lumber AgreementFast on the heels of a London Court of Arbitration (LCIA) ruling this week on a penalty charged to Ontario and Quebec softwood lumber exporters to the US is an item Thursday in the Globe and Mail featuring a statement by the Conseil dè l’industrie forestiere du Québec (QFIC). 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement In an…
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Sawmill Fire
Read more: Sawmill FireFirefighters were called to Lonestar Lumber, a pallet manufacturer in Edmonton, AB, Wednesday It’s believed the fire started in the company’s main manufacturing building. Large amounts of wood and low water pressure in the area made fighting the fire a bit difficult. Crews were able to bring the fire under control shortly after 11:00 am.…
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Lumber Production, Canada
Read more: Lumber Production, CanadaLumber production by Canada’s sawmills increased 21 per cent from December, to 5,021.9 thousand cubic metres in January, said Statistics Canada Friday. Compared with January 2013, lumber production increased 2.3 per cent. Sawmills shipped 4,459.6 thousand cubic metres of lumber in January, an increase of 14 per cent from December.
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Alberta Forest Products Association, 4Q 2013
Read more: Alberta Forest Products Association, 4Q 2013Values of lumber, pulp and paper, and panelboard manufactured by Alberta Forest Products Association (AFPA) members totalled approximately $2.7 billion for 2013, the AFPA released Friday. The value of production was up $335 million or 14 per cent from 2012. Part of the increase can be attributed to new members who joined the AFPA in…
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PwC Forestry 4Q 2013
Read more: PwC Forestry 4Q 2013Canadian forest and paper companies are turning the corner and returning to profitability, according to PwC’s Global Forest and Paper Industry Net Earnings Summary for the quarter ending December 31, 2013 released Monday. This survey of public companies shows that most Canadian companies achieved generally positive results in the fourth quarter, particularly when compared to…
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BC Forest Practices Board Statement
Read more: BC Forest Practices Board StatementA report released Tuesday on British Columbia’s forest industry’s harvesting of beetle-killed timber confirms that industry has been meeting government’s expectations for concentrating harvesting on dead pine trees, but says the harvest of other kinds of trees is increasing more than expected in some areas of the province. Pine Beetle Timber The report looks at…
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Resolute Announces
Read more: Resolute AnnouncesResolute Forest Products, also based in Montreal, QC, Thursday announced a $105 million upgrade to its Calhoun, TN, pulp and paper mill, including the installation of a modern continuous pulp digester and other wood chip processing equipment. When completed by mid-2016, the project will contribute to significantly lower the mill’s costs, increase its pulp capacity…
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Goodfellow Reports
Read more: Goodfellow ReportsDelson, QC’s, Goodfellow announced Tuesday its financial results for 2Q ended February 28, 2014. The Company reported a net loss of $0.3 million, or $0.04 per share, compared to a net loss of $0.9 million, or $0.11 per share, a year ago. Consolidated sales for 2Q were $95.4 million, the same as the previous year.…
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Port Metro Vancouver Trucker Strike Resolved
Read more: Port Metro Vancouver Trucker Strike ResolvedVancouver port truckers reach deal to end strike Port Metro Vancouver container truck drivers to be back at work Thursday morning CBC News Posted: Mar 26, 2014 4:40 PM PT Last Updated: Mar 27, 2014 6:56 AM PT http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-port-truckers-reach-deal-to-end-strike-1.2587948 Port Metro Vancouver truckers reach deal to end strike (updated) Agreement includes both unionized and non-unionized…
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Transportation Crisis, Canada
Read more: Transportation Crisis, CanadaLeaders of the union representing 3,000 conductors, yard workers, and traffic coordinators at the railway will meet on Friday to decide whether to strike or take other action after union members narrowly rejected a second tentative contract deal with Canada’s biggest railway. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference said in a statement that it still has…
