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Japan Housing Starts : December and Full-Year 2013
Read more: Japan Housing Starts : December and Full-Year 2013Total 2013 housing starts in Japan recovered to 980,025 units, up from a low in 2009 of 788,000 units, said the Japan Lumber Reports Friday. This compares to 834,117 total starts for 2011, according to the February 12, 2012 issue of the Reports. That year starts improved by 2.6 per cent over 2010.   Condominium…
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US Log and Lumber Exports Up : 2013
Read more: US Log and Lumber Exports Up : 2013Log and lumber exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska increased by 20 per cent in volume in 2013 compared to 2012, the US Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station reported Friday. The total value of these exports also jumped, by nearly 37 per cent for log exports and by 23 per cent for…
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BioChar from Wood Residue
Read more: BioChar from Wood ResidueThis week the British Columbia government tabled its latest budget in the Legislature. The focus was on fiscal restraint, with most attention aimed at LNG and future revenue streams from that sector. The Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations receives an additional $30 million in funding, which replaces what was slashed in the…
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US Log and Lumber Exports 2013 : Up by 20%
Read more: US Log and Lumber Exports 2013 : Up by 20%THE BELOW HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED BY U.S. Forest Service | Pacific Northwest Research Station: West coast log and lumber exports increased by 20 percent in 2013 Chinese demand fueled growth, year-end analysis finds PORTLAND, Ore. February 21, 2014—Log and lumber exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska increased by 20 percent in volume…
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British Columbia Budget and Forestry
Read more: British Columbia Budget and ForestryThe latest budget tabled in the BC Legislature, yesterday, contains a $32 million increase for the Forests Ministry. Almost all of that will be used to address the timber permitting backlog. Forest Service Plan The BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has released the latest Forest Service Plan, also yesterday. http://www.bcbudget.gov.bc.ca/2013_June_Update/sp/pdf/ministry/flnr.pdf At…
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Interfor Reports, Buys
Read more: Interfor Reports, BuysInternational Forest Products, or Interfor, out of Vancouver, BC, Thursday reported net earnings of $11.4 million or $0.18 per share in 4Q 2013, compared to net losses of $0.1 million or $0.00 per share in 3Q and $3.8 million or $0.07 per share in 4Q 2012. Also this week, Interfor agreed to purchase operations including…
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Housing Starts, Japan
Read more: Housing Starts, JapanOn January 31, Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced that housing starts in December were 89,578 units, up 18 per cent compared with the same month in 2013, exceeding the result in a year ago for 16 months, according to Japan Lumber Journal. The seasonally-adjusted annual rate was 1,055,000 units, recording the…
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Canada Housing Starts
Read more: Canada Housing StartsThe pace of Canadian housing starts slowed in January with a steep drop in multiple-unit homes, an indication builders are adjusting to a slowdown in buyers, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Monday. The agency estimates there were 11,737 actual housing starts in January and that is extrapolated to a seasonally adjusted annual…
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Lumber Production Up : Jan – Nov 2013
Read more: Lumber Production Up : Jan – Nov 2013US sawmills produced 27.66 billion board feet (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first 11 months of 2013 – up 5.7 per cent from 26.161 bbf a year earlier, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s Lumber Track February 10. Western US sawmills accounted for 12.534 bbf of the monthly total, a gain of 7.5…
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Advanced Wood Products Manufacturing
Read more: Advanced Wood Products ManufacturingRecent amendments to the Building Code of Australia, which permit the use of fire and acoustic rated timber construction systems for three-storey Class 3 buildings, will help promote more opportunities for traditional wood framing and engineered timbers in commercial and multi-residential developments, according to Sourceable February 7. Set to take effect in May, the amendment…
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Madison’s Weekly Submission to Stockhouse
Read more: Madison’s Weekly Submission to Stockhouse Lumber producers face rail transportation nightmare As brutal weather patterns continued across the most populated parts of North America, lumber and panel traders reported mostly flat prices on solid wood commodities, writes Keta Kosman, publisher of Madison’s Lumber Reporter http://162.213.156.131/~madisonsreportMost commonly-traded dimensions maintained price levels from last week, or were slightly down. Wider sizes, specifically…
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Vancouver History : logging in Stanley Park
Read more: Vancouver History : logging in Stanley ParkFROM THE VANCOUVER SUN FEB 15, 2014: In Feb. 14, 1899, American industrialist Theodore Ludgate signed a deal with the federal government to lease Deadman’s Island, off Stanley Park. The cost was $500 per year, for 25 years. Ludgate planned to build a lumber mill on the 7.5 acre island. He told The Vancouver World…
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Call for Nominations, SLB
Read more: Call for Nominations, SLBThe Softwood Lumber Board (Board), which administers a national research and promotion program for softwood lumber, is seeking nominees to fill seven seats on the Board. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees the program, would like to encourage all eligible industry members to participate in the process. The Board is composed of 19…
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Canfor Reports
Read more: Canfor ReportsCanfor Corp, out of Vancouver, BC, Wednesday posted a higher 4Q 2013 profit, boosted by strong lumber prices and an increase in pulp production and shipments. The company said it expects lumber consumption to continue to rise in 2014 due to US demand and offshore markets. Netincome attributable to shareholders rose 31 per cent to…
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USDA Invests in Forests
Read more: USDA Invests in ForestsThe US Department of Agriculture said Thursday it will spend US$30 million this year on forest restoration projects in 12 states to reduce the threat of wildfires, protect water quality and improve wildlife habitat for at-risk species. Those first 13 projects will be the start of a multi-year initiative to improve the health of forests…
