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Wildfires, Water Restrictions: Western North America
This week the most tragic occurrence of three wildfire firefighter deaths in Washington State brings into focus the importance and severity of this extended very dry season in northwestern North America. In addition, natural resource extraction operators in northern British Columbia and Alberta have been forced to cease operating due to water supply restrictions. Severe…
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Russia Lumber Export Rise 7.4 Per Cent: 1H 2015
For the first six months of 2015 total volume of lumber exports from Russia increased by 7.4 per cent, to 6.96 million tons year-over-year, as Federal Customs Service of Russia said in the press release received by Lesprom Network August 7. The volume of Russian exports of roundwood however, for the reporting period, amounted to…
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Housing Starts, Canada: July 2015
The latest report from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp, released Tuesday, showed the seasonally adjusted annualized rate of housing starts fell to 193,032 in July from a downwardly revised 202,338 units in June. With the six-month trend at 185,586 starts, analysts said homebuilding has settled into a pace that meets demographic demand, seemingly unaffected…
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Conifex Acquires Arkansas Mill
Conifex Timber, based in Vancouver, BC, has completed its purchase of a private Delaware company holding exclusive rights to a sawmill and 186 acres of land near El Dorado, AR, said Woodworking Network also Monday. The rights to the Arkansas property was acquired for US$21 million. The deal, announced Aug. 6, comprised US$12.36 million in…
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Former Simpson Sawmill Site For Sale: Interfor
In a troubling move, Vancouver, BC’s, Interfor announced Friday that just five months after it completed its purchase of a Simpson Lumber Co. mill on the Tacoma Tideflats, the forest products company is putting it back on the market. The lumber mill was one of four Simpson properties Interfor bought for US$94.7 million in March.…
