Strong shipments of lumber and logs and improved production at its sawmills powered Western Forest Products to a $24-million profit in 2011, according to the company's year-end financial statements. The Nanaimo-based company reported a 28 ...
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Worldwide pellet production has increased sharply in the last few years and amounted to 14.4m t in 2010, roughly 13.5m t of which has been consumed. This was revealed by a study by the International Energy Agency (IEA) entitled ...
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US hardwood lumber exports rose by a total of 11% in 2011 to 2.802m m³. Above-average growth in Asia coincided with reductions in deliveries to EU countries and North America. At 1.517m m³, roughly 54% of the USA’s total ...
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US offshore softwood lumber exports soared in 2011, according to industry newsletter Random Lengths. Shipments offshore reached 984 million m³ up 48% on 2010 and the largest volume since 1997. China replaced Canada as the US’s ...
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InnoVoc Solutions, a division of Gordon Composites, Inc., launched a new technology for powder coating plastics, composites and other non-conductive substrates. This licensed technology makes non-metallic substrates temporarily conductive ...
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The Timber and Woodworkers Union (TWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has raised concern about the frequent power cuts which, it says, is badly hurting the timber and wood industry. Frequent outages and power surges, the Union observed, ...
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Some Saudi cement makers have taken advantage of the grace period that preceded the start of the ban on cement export to export large quantities of the binding substance, Arab News has reported. Following the ban, Al-Jouf Cement Co said it ...
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Finland’s wood product exports increased by 4% in 2011, according to fresh statistics released by the Finnish Forest Industries Federation (FFIF). While timber exports increased, pulp and paper exports remained at the same level as ...
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Oman Cement Co has said its clinker production could drop by around 25% following the ministry of environment and climate affairs decision to shut the company s first production line, but cement production will remain uninterrupted, Muscat ...
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Espoo will become a showcase for wood construction and know-how, utilising the latest research from Aalto University. Finland’s Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Aalto University and the City of Espoo have signed a cooperation ...
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J. U. A. Frischeis started thermally modified timber production at its subsidiary J. F. Furnir in Romania. The thermally modified timber production plant supplied by the Finnish sawmill equipper Jartek boasts capacity of roughly 3, 200 ...
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Finnish sawmiller Vapo Timber has declared a €9.3m operating loss for 2011 (2010: € 7m profit). Vapo said its raw materials costs increased by 6% during the year, while the average selling price fell by 7%. Sawmill ...
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Conditions in the building products business are likely to remain challenging in southern Europe and the UK, Saint-Gobain says in its annual results. The global building distribution and construction product manufacturing business reported ...
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Vancouver-based West Fraser Timber -- North America's largest softwood lumber producer -- posted a fourth-quarter loss of $10.6 million, or 25 cents a share from operations hurt by weak lumber and pulp prices in October-December. It earned ...
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The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF), the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT), the UK SIP Association (UKSIPS) and the UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) have signed up as official show partners for Timber Expo ...
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