Metabo Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, now offers two new 1/2" hammer drills that increase ...
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The United States and Canada have announced a two-year extension of the Softwood Lumber Agreement, which those in New Hampshire’s lumber industry say is good news. “Most everybody that I know that’s producing softwood ...
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OTTAWA - Canada and the United States have bought two extra years of relative peace on the lumber front. The two governments agreed Monday to extend the 2006 softwood lumber agreement by two years to October 2015 with no modifications to ...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) for materials and components used in construction was unchanged in November after rising 0.3% in October. The index was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis, but ...
Finnish Forest Industries Federation member companies purchased 25.3 million cubic metres of wood from Finnish private-owned forests in 2011. This is almost a quarter less than in 2010, when summer storms boosted timbers sales. Timber ...
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The Finnish forest industry purchased 25% less wood from Finland’s forests in 2011. The Finnish Forest Industries Federation (FFIF) member companies purchased 25.3 million m³ of wood from Finnish private-owned forests in 2011. ...
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The financial problems facing the Central European sawmill industry since 2010 have continued during 2011 as well. Additional major players in the sector reported significant financial problems early in the year, which sometimes led to ...
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Even by early December, no agreement had been reached in the majority of negotiations between Japanese importers and European exporters on softwood lumber contracts for delivery in the first quarter of 2012. In the case of standard ...
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Swedish softwood lumber producers are expecting the underlying market conditions to remain difficult in the business year 2012. Participants at this year’s timber industry conference Trämarknaden in Karlstad believe the main ...
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U. S. And Canada are prepared to extend a shaky softwood lumber trade agreement put in place seven years ago to benefit local mills, a U. S. Lumber lobbyist said Thursday in Longview. If approved, both sides will revisit the contract in ...
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EUROPEAN softwood imports are continuing to stream into Australia, placing pressure on domestic producers as housing starts struggle. Imports of softwood sawn timber rose to about 156, 000 cubic metres over the September quarter, a rise of ...
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Shrinking demand on the Spanish sales market has recently led to more price cuts for Scandinavian softwood lumber there. From what market insiders say, demand in Spain has subsided more strongly by the end of November than otherwise usual ...
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On account of the tight profit situation which has prevailed for several months in the Central European sawmill industry, various companies are evidently now no longer willing to continue at the beginning of 2012 to pay the roundwood prices ...
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Many German sawmills will operate an extended Christmas shutdown and are likely to curtail production in 2012, according to the German Sawmilling and Timber Industry Association (BSHD). BSHD made the prediction after discussions with member ...
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The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service launched anti-dumping procedures against softwood lumber imports from Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, Canada, and the USA. Mainly concerned from a European ...
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