A new study on the effects of the mountain pine beetle infestation on the British Columbia (BC) timber industry will be published in early 2012 by Wood Markets Group. The report will draw on new information, including predictions by ...
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In addition to hand-held circular saws (see below), different saws that use circular saw blades include: Miter saws (or Chop saw or Cut-off saw) Radial arm saws Saw mills Table saws Panel saws Biscuit joiners Pendulum saw Brushcutter Cold ...
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Canfor Corp. Has reached an agreement with Tembec to purchase Tembec's two eastern British Columbia sawmills for $60 million, including working capital. The deal gives Canfor Tembec's mills at Canal Flats and Elko along with 1.1 million ...
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With weaker demand for lumber around the world, sawlog prices fell in a majority of the 21 markets tracked by the WRQ. The Global Conifer Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) declined in the 3Q for the first time since the 1Q/09 to $90.18/m3. With a ...
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Russian forest products group RusForest AB has recorded a third-quarter net loss of SKr77.5m (2010: SKr-65m). The company, which has blazed an acquisition trail in recent years, blamed the losse on on low capacity utilisation and start-up ...
MONTREAL - Forest products company Tembec is exiting the hardwood flooring business as it shutters a 108-year operation in Huntsville, Ont., and sells another facility in Toronto to a private company for $13 million. The Montreal-based ...
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The majority of softwood sawmills in the Baltic States was able to maintain cutting activities more or less at previous levels into November, in spite of a gradual softening in demand. Production is to continue at the same pace for the time ...
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WITH the forced closure of another sawmill at Tambo last week, the Queensland timber industry has warned it is at risk of "decimation" unless urgent action is taken to fill critical labour shortages. Sawmill operator NK Collins Industries ...
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Setra has issued a notice to reduce the production of whitewood sawmills in Hasselfors, Heby and Farila in Sweden. The notice issued for the three sawmills is in addition to local production cutbacks already decided during the fourth ...
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Finnish sawn timber production hit 7.6 million m³ in January-September, a growth of 5% on a year ago, according to the latest statistics from the Finnish Forest Industries Federation (FFIF). But third quarter volumes decreased from the ...
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Vapo Timber is the latest Nordic sawmiller to announce production cutbacks. The company, which has just reported a loss of € 4.2m, said the cutbacks were due to the significant overcapacity in Europe which has led to a collapse in ...
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French production of sawn hardwood is set to break through 1.6 million m³ In 2011, according to the latest statistics from the French Timber Federation. The predicted volume would correspond to the level of production in 2008 after ...
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