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Ontario Sawmill Invests
Lavern Heideman & Sons Ltd, out of Eganville, ON, announced plans this week to spend $16.9 million to modernize the company’s Eganville, ON, sawmill. Four mil- lion dollars of the project cost will come from the Ontario provincial government. Eighteen new jobs are expected to be created by the upgrade, which will increase production capacity…
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Interfor Completes Sawmill Sale
Interfor announced Wednesday that it has completed the final step in the monetization of its former sawmill in Tacoma, WA, with the closing of the sale of the Ta- coma sawmill property for gross proceeds of US$32.4 million. Sawmill Sale, Interfor Interfor, out of Vancouver, BC, announced Wednesday that it has completed the final step…
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US Petitions for AD and CVD Investigations of Imports of Softwood Lumber Products from Canada
FACT SHEET Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations (“COALITION”) Files Petitions for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations of Imports of Softwood Lumber Products from Canada On November 25, 2016, the COALITION initiated legal action seeking enforcement of existing U.S. trade laws to offset the harmful effects of imports of Softwood Lumber…
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U.S. Lumber Industry Petitions for Relief From Canadian Subsidies, Dumping
Subject: Press Release — U.S. Lumber Industry Petitions for Relief From Canadian Subsidies, Dumping FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Zoltan van Heyningen | zoltan@uslumbercoalition.org | 703‐597‐8651 WASHINGTON, DC (November 25, 2016) – The Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations (COALITION) today petitioned the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade…
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Canada Tariff on US Gypsum Imports
First lumber, now drywall in Canada-U.S. trade tensions “ Canada imported about $277-million worth of lime and gypsum products last year, about 97 per cent of it from U.S. manufacturers, according to Statistics Canada.” “ No company in Canada can compete against U.S. products dumped at such a low price levels,“ Matt Walker, general manager…
