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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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US Log and Lumber Exports 2013 : Up by 20%
THE BELOW HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED BY U.S. Forest Service | Pacific Northwest Research Station: West coast log and lumber exports increased by 20 percent in 2013 Chinese demand fueled growth, year-end analysis finds PORTLAND, Ore. February 21, 2014—Log and lumber exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska increased by 20 percent in volume…
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Advanced Wood Products Manufacturing
Recent amendments to the Building Code of Australia, which permit the use of fire and acoustic rated timber construction systems for three-storey Class 3 buildings, will help promote more opportunities for traditional wood framing and engineered timbers in commercial and multi-residential developments, according to Sourceable February 7. Set to take effect in May, the amendment…
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China Wood Imports 2013
Log and lumber imports into China rose to an all-time high in 2013, says the Japan Lumber Reports Friday, due to recovering demand and tight inventories after the government restricted credit funding in mid-2011. Import of logs into China last year was 45.2 million cubic metres, a 19.2 per cent increase over 2012. Lumber imports…
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US Farm Bill and Federal Timberland Management
The massive US Farm Bill, long debated, finally passed the House of Representatives Thursday in Washington, DC. Counties in timber-producing states dependent on log harvest for revenue have been anxiously awaiting this news. The old farm bill expired in 2012. Its replacement is 959 pages long and will cost approximately US$956.4 billion over 10 years.…
