Led by British Columbia, Canada emerged as the largest exporter of lumber in the world to China in 2011, surpassing Russia as the Middle Kingdom's No. 1 source for lumber. "We are king of the hill, " Gerry Van Leeuwen, of the Vancouver ...
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A new strategy aimed at monitoring the supply chain of timber products using genetic and stable isotope markers will play a vital role in international efforts to combat illegal logging, say scientists, policy analysts and forestry experts ...
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A new company, backed by an Anglo-German partnership, has been formed to continue the business of German laminated board and doorblank specialist Moralt Tischlerplatten GmbH, which filed for insolvency last summer. Moralt AG has acquired ...
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Arabian Cement Company (ACC) recently participated in an event hosted by Hope Village Society to showcase current progress of their development. Jose Maria Magrina, ACC CEO, attended the event to reiterate ACC s support to the Hope Village ...
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Brazilian elliotis pine plywood manufacturers have now largely sold the products that they will make in May. Recent orders can generally not be shipped until June. A few major plywood producers are already confirming shipping dates in the ...
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This Friday and Saturday(May 11-12,2012)marks the date for the Alternative Building Expo's 9th year.Build Expo is considered the largest and most-respected green building and design expo in Southern California,drawing people from all trades ...
Although satisfactory sales opportunities in terms of volumes remain the most prevalent on the softwood lumber markets of North Africa and the Middle East in the early weeks of the second quarter, central European exporters believe the ...
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The UAE s push to enhance its industrial sector is set to get a shot in the arm with the launch of a new trade show - Made in UAE. At present, the contribution of the industrial sector to the GDP stands at 14% and the UAE has chalked out ...
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WILLAMINA — The international markets didn't register a ripple, but on April 9, Arnie Swan drove 25 minutes from his home and reported to work at Boise Cascade's veneer plant. He's a new hire, not a worker called back from one of the ...
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Four thousand cabinets a day. That’s the current output at Armstrong Cabinet Products, a division of Armstrong World Industries. In business since 1860, Armstrong World entered the wood products industry in 1998 following its ...
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Ghana is currently considering importing logs from Cameroon after losing its forest cover, which stood at 8.2 million hectares a little over a century ago. Ghana’s primary rainforest has reduced by 90 percent over the past few years, ...
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The depletion of the duty-free quota for softwood plywood imports into the European Union has slowed again during April. Just 45, 000m³ of the quota had been booked by 25 April. Nearly 182, 000m³ of the quota was used in January, ...
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The relative weakness of the current market demand in Europe and America, such as the new sunlight stone coated steel roof like manufacturing companies started to target the rapid development of emerging markets such as Brazil, Russia, ...
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Italian cement maker Italcementi said on Friday it has agreed to acquire a stake in West China Cement as the group moves to strengthen its position in the world s largest building materials market. In a statement on Friday Italcementi said ...
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Oman Daily Observer reported that cement sector players in Oman are scaling up their production capacity to meet the ever rising local demand and also from the countrys export markets like Yemen and some East African nations. Till recently, ...
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