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Madison’s Canadian Lumber Directory *new* : FREE 2-WEEK TRIAL
A brand-new user interface for Madison’s interactive searchable online Canadian sawmill directory listings. Madison’s Online Lumber Directory is updating our user interface. Access our *new* tool will include US primary sawmills, secondary remanufacturers, panel mills, pulp and paper mills, and wholesalers. • extensive, detailed listings on all Canadian lumber, panel, pulp and paper, and shake…
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British Columbia Wildfire Update
This year’s forest inferno in British Columbia is being mirrored on every continent, according to the new study examining the mechanics of tree death. Each successive fire and the carbon released leads to more drought, crippling the ability of forests to absorb and sequester carbon, said David Galvez, a former researcher at the University of…
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PwC Global Forest, Paper, & Packaging Deals: 1Q 2017
Global Merger and Acquisition activity in the Forests, Paper, and Packaging sector in 1Q 2017 saw an increase in deal value relative to 4Q 2016, said PwC July 7. A total of 23 M&A deals were announced during Q1 2017 with a total value of US$4.2 billion and an average (median) deal size of approximately…
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British Columbia Wildfires 2017
INITIALLY PUBLISHED IN Madison’s Lumber Reporter July 14, 2017: Weather experts in western Canada have deemed wildfire season in British Columbia this year as “hazard index high” explained wildfire ecologist Robert Gray to Madison’s Thursday in a phone interview. The weather service expects this hot, dry weather pattern will likely hold for 10 – 12…
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Canada Lumber Production: April 2017
Lumber production in Canada was down 7.1 per cent from March, to 5,778.2 thousand cubic metres of lumber in April, according to Statistics Canada July 7. Production was 1.8 per cent lower than in April 2016. Sawmills shipped 5,886.6 thousand cubic metres of lumber in April 2017, up 0.8 per cent from March and 4.1…
