In its business year 2011, the Swedish forestry and timber group Södra was unable to match either the sales revenue or the operating result of the previous year. Owing to the comparatively slow pace of business since the second quarter ...
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In a recent report on wood preservation, Global Industry Analysts projected that the Global market for wood preservatives is likely to reach US$1.5 billion by 2017. Although major end use applications for wood preservatives are decking and ...
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OLYMPIA, Wash. – When a massive earthquake destroyed San Francisco in 1906, timber mills in the Northwest went into high gear. They supplied the wood needed to rebuild. Last year, many in the timber industry predicted the Tohoku quake ...
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PLANS to stamp out the importation of illegally-logged timber will not damage Australia's relationship with Indonesia, the federal government says. Draft legislation aims to slap fines and or imprisonment on importers who source ...
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Production cuts in Finland have brought some balance to the market Summary Sawn timber prices are improving. Mild weather has hindered access to harvesting sites. UK purchases continue to be hand to mouth. Finnish producers are generally ...
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In the early weeks of 2012, timber wholesalers and producers have been registering slightly higher demand for hardwood gluelam boards in Germany and Switzerland than they did a year ago. In contrast, export business to northern and southern ...
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Oak flooring is becoming trend in the market because of resources and quality. With the rapid consumption of the world's timber resources and national timber export policy tightening, some traditional areas such as South America, Africa, ...
James Latham’s Purfleet depot was among the stops on a sustainable procurement fact-finding tour of the UK timber market by representatives of people affected by illegal logging in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The ...
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U. S. Timber and lumber sales have taken a major hit as a result of the housing bubble collapse and the economic recession that began in 2008, says James Henderson, and while there has been a glimmer of improvement in the market — ...
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A warm winter is rare in the Arkhangelsk region, an inhospitable, vast Russian tundra bordering the Barents and Kara seas. But this year it came close, with temperatures rarely dropping below -6C until the middle of January. Welcome relief, ...
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Bamboo is an important element of the balance of atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide storage capacity of bamboo is four times than hardwood, 35% of oxygen release than trees. Bamboo mesh roots can prevent soil erosion. Its ...
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In 2011, faced with the complicated and volatile domestic and international economic environment, under the firm leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the people of all nationalities of China, taking Deng Xiaoping ...
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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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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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The value of forest industry production grew to ?0.8 billion in 2011, up about 2% from the previous year. The value of the forest industry's exports increased by 4%. Advance data indicates that the volume of wood products industry exports ...
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