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NRCan Invests in Cascades’ Quebec Sawmill
Natural Resources Canada Friday announced a $10-million investment in innovation at Cascades Canada’s Norampac-Cabano mill in Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, QC. Under the project, funded as part of NRCan’s Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) program, Cascades will extract hemicellulose from hardwood chips through a new, hot water–based pulping process. The naturally occurring hemicellulose — a polymer in…
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Washington Dept of Natural Resources March 2015 Highlights
Lumber and Log Prices: Lumber and log prices increased markedly in 2013 and somewhat less so in 2014. Washington log prices moved up sharply from a two-year plateau in 2013 and continued to rise in 2014. The average price for a ‘typical’ DNR log delivered to the mill reached US$591/mbf in 2014, and has averaged…
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Canada Lumber Production by Sawmills: Oct 2014
October 2014 Lumber production by sawmills increased 3 per cent from September to 5,312.7 thousand cubic metres in October, said Statistics Canada Monday. Compared with October 2013, lumber production decreased 0.5 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5,328.5 thousand cubic metres of lumber in October, an increase of 6.2 per cent from September.
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Canada Lumber Production by Sawmills: Oct 2014
October 2014 Lumber production by sawmills increased 3 per cent from September to 5,312.7 thousand cubic metres in October, said Statistics Canada Monday. Compared with October 2013, lumber production decreased 0.5 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5,328.5 thousand cubic metres of lumber in October, an increase of 6.2 per cent from September.
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North America Softwood Lumber Production : Sept
Production of softwood lumber in the US increased by 4.9 per cent for the first nine months of 2014 compared to last year, to 23,718 million board feet, said the Western Wood Products Association Lumber Track Friday. Softwood lumber shipments across America also increased, by 5.1 per cent, to 23,772 million board feet from January…
