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Canada Industrial product and raw materials price indexes: Nov 2014
The Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) decreased 0.4 per cent in November, mainly because of lower prices for energy and petroleum products. The Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) declined 5.8 per cent in November, largely as a result of lower prices for crude energy products. The IPPI, down 0.4 per cent, declined for the third…
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Canfor Buys
Canfor Corp, out of Vancouver, BC, announced Wednesday the purchase of the operating assets of Southern Lumber Co. The acquisition includes a sawmill located in Hermanville, MI, which is a large log southern yellow pine dimension mill manufacturing predominately long, wide width lumber. The sawmill is in an area of exceptionally high quality fibre and…
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Weyerhaeuser Invests
Weyerhaeuser is investing US$57 million over a three-year period to install two continuous direct fired kilns and a new planer mill at its softwood lumber mill in Philadelphia, MI, the company announced Wednesday. The mill produces approximately 220 million board feet of Southern Yellow Pine two-inch dimension lumber, 2×4 through 2×12.
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Canfor, Canfor Pulp Report
Canfor Corporation Thursday reported net income of $54.3 million, or $0.39 per share, for 2Q 2014, compared to $110.3 million, or $0.77 per share, for 2Q 2013. Canfor Pulp Products also Thursday reported net income of $18.8 million, or $0.27 per share, for 2Q 2014, compared to $7.6 million, or $0.11 per share, for 2Q…
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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…
