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North America Full-Year 2016 Lumber Production: WWPA
The latest issue of the Western Wood Products Association’s monthly Lumber Track shows steady improvement in Canadian and US sawmill capacity utilization rates and softwood lumber production volumes. Softwood lumber production by US sawmills reached 32.772 billion board feet (bbf) in full year 2016, a gain of 3.4 per cent from 31.643 bbf in the…
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Chile Devastating Wild Fires
A series of fast-spreading fires, mostly in Chile’s central region, are being fanned by strong winds, high temperatures and a prolonged drought. One town, Santa Olga, has been destroyed by the blaze, said the BBC Friday. Epic Wildfires, Chile A prolonged drought and high temperatures have worsened the Chile blazes, which have so far destroyed…
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Western Wood Products Association: Lumber Track October 2016
Western US lumber production dipped 3.7 per cent in November 2016, from 1.17 BBF in October to 1.13 BBF, according to the Western Wood Products Association‘s monthly Lumber Track. Year-over-year, western production in November rose 9 per cent compared to November 2015. Through November of last year, western production totalled 12.82 BBF, an increase of…
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Canada Sawmill Exports, Manufacturing Sales at Sawmills: October 2016
Manufacturing sales by Canadian sawmills continued their sharp increases of previous months, up by 10.6 per cent, to C$8,652 million from C$7,755 million, for the top three lumber producing provinces combined — British Columbia, Quebec, and Alberta — for January to October 2016 compared to the same time last year. Canada Sawmill Exports, Manufacturing Sales…
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Canada Sawmill Exports, Provincial Manufacturing Sales at Sawmills: OCT 2016
Canadian manufacturing sales in October dropped 0.8 per cent to C$48.7 billion after three-straight monthly increases, other sectors stepped in to make up for a decline in fossil fuels and the aerospace products and parts industries, said Statistics Canada last month. Vehicle parts, computer and electronic products and wood products sales increased for the month.…
