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Lumber News Archives: Aug 2012
Lumber Tax Proposal ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; Railroad Investment, More Rail Cars ; Western Forest Products Mill Fire, Land Transfer ; US Wildfires ; Financial Results Design Values ; Eacom to Rebuilt Timmins Mill ; More Wildfires ; Financial Results ; NB Mill to Reopen ; Sawmill Fire Glossy Magazine Sales ; Madison’s Timber…
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Universal Acquires
Universal 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
West 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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Lumber Production, Canada
Lumber 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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Lumber News Archives: Mar 2009
Log Prices Globally ; Timber Preview ; Quebec Forest Industry Stimulus; US Economic Indicators; Buchanan Forest Products; New Technology in Wood Processing ; New Brunswick Provides More Aid to Forest Workers ; Lumber Production ; AbitibiBowater Midnight Deadline; January Housing Starts in Japan ; US Housing Starts Forestry Roundtable ; Madison’s Timber Preview; Canadian Housing…
