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Oregon Log vs Lumber Exports
The Port of Newport on the Oregon coast has finished a major, award-winning renovation of the site, and is negotiating with several timber companies that want to use the terminal to export logs to Asia just as Hampton Affiliates have been investing in the expertise to cultivate a customer base in China and produce lumber…
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Washington State Invests in Mill
The governor of Washington State announced Friday a US$5 million funding package made up of tax credits and a state loan that will allow Josephine County’s last sawmill to reopen, according to SeattlePi Friday. Speaking at a news conference at a wood products mill in White City, Gov. John Kitzhaber said the funding helps spread…
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Canfor Sells
Canfor Corp said this week it has an agreement to sell the Daaquam sawmill in Saint-Just-de-Bretenières, QC in a deal worth $25 million. The deal with Groupe Lebel and others is expected to close by the end of March, Canfor said in a release on Friday. The Daaquam mill produced 120 million board feet of…
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Canada Sawmill Production : Dec 2013
Lumber production by Canadian sawmills decreased 14.8 per cent from November, to 4,151.3 thousand cubic metres in December, according to Statistics Canada Friday. Compared with December 2012, lumber production increased 5.8 per cent. Sawmills shipped 3,912.2 thousand cubic metres of lumber in December, down 14.7 per cent from November. Elsewhere, total Canadian wood product 2012…
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Russian Timber Exports to Japan : 2013
The arrival of Russian logs and lumber products to Japan in 2013 was calculated, according to Japan Lumber Journal Friday. The arrival of logs was 228,053 cubic metres, down by 16.4 per cent from the previous year. The arrival of spruce and fir was about the same as the previous year. However, the arrival of…
