China’s Imports Soar in 2010 - led by Logs (+22%) and Lumber (+49%)
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$8.4 m pilot plant for stronger structural materials
Tembec, an integrated forest products company with operations in Canada and France, has announced plans to build a C$8.4-million pilot plant to develop stronger and more durable structural material made from pulp and modified phenolic resin.
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Rosleshoz will develop new relationships with regions durinf the VII Baikal Economic Forum
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Forestry industry maps out a greener, more sustainable future
EDMONTON - Canada’s forestry industry has been under the gun this decade, facing devastating beetle damage, softwood-lumber tariff battles with the U.S. and attention from environmental groups over logging practices and pollution.
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Forest Industry Production Continues to Grow in Finland – Cost Developments are Eroding Competitiveness
Finland , May 4, 2011 - “The forest industry's production has recovered both from the recession and the structural changes."
"The industrial policy decisions included in the coming Programme for Government will largely decide how profitable Finnish mills can be in international competition,” says Timo Jaatinen, Director General of the Finnish Forest Industries Federation.
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First wood framed housing project in Richmond, B.C. lost in massive fire
A massive fire destroyed the controversial wood-framed housing project being constructed in Richmond, British Columbia last night.
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Japan: Timber industry in crisis
Many domestic wood processing mills in coastal areas in eastern Japan suffered extensive damage caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. It is estimated that a capacity of 60,000 cu.m of plywood per month has been lost.
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UPM sells its Lohja veneer mill to the mill's operative management
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Ilim Group to start the construction of a plant in the scope of investment project in Bratsk
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Chainsaw Milling: Domestic Unregulated Deforestation Agents or Local Entrepreneurs?
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Transportation bottleneck in British Columbia
Wood products from British Columbia traditionally have moved south to the United States by way of rail or truck, and to a lesser degree, by sea.
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Fire Safety of Wood Buildings is not on Trial!
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Sawlog prices in Western US were up about 20 percent in 2010
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RUUKKI GROUP SELLS FINNISH SAWMILL BUSINESS
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Timber and Paper Industries Have Fueled Growth of Southern Forests, Government Study Says
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The wood processing in the Leningrad Region rose by a factor of 1.8
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The investments to the timber industry complex of the Perm Territory will reach 25 bln rubles
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Global Forest Industry CEOs See Positive Future
Montreal, Canada, May 26, 2011 – Forest products industry CEOs from around the world see an important opportunity ahead as a more competitive and significantly transformed industry emerges from the recent global economic downturn. This assessment came at the conclusion of International Council of Forest and Paper Associations’ (ICFPA) 5th Global CEO Roundtable, a meeting of industry leaders from around the world which took place today in Montreal, Canada.
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Better access to forest products price information
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Softwood lumber demand jumps 18% last year
Global demand for softwood lumber increased by about 18 percent in 2010. This came after a year when wood consumption worldwide was the lowest it had been in almost 50 years. This upward trend in consumption has continued thus far in 2011, with total volume consumed being more than 20 percent higher than the same period in early 2010, according to the market publication Wood Resource Quarterly.
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Solombalales is going to raise about USD 3.95 bln of credits to upgrade the production
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Timber Sales Show Signs of Recovery in May
Finland, Jun 8, 2011 - The forest industry purchased 2 million cubic metres of timber from private forests in May. The volume more than doubled from April.
All timber grades are in demand, but there's a particular need for more sawlogs, which are needed to keep sawmills up and running.
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The Miramichi region of New Brunswick was hit hard when the forestry sector collapsed. For a time last year, there wasn’t a single mill left operating on the Miramichi.
Here is the current state of the Miramichi mills:
UPM-Kymmene mill
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A new Swedish woodworking company will open in the Angara Area
The first Swedish woodworking company in the East Siberia OOO "Rusforest-Magistralny" will be launched by RusForest group of companies in the first half of June in Magistralny village of Kazachinsko-Lensky District of Irkutsk Region. The rated output of the plant is projected at 150 tsnd cu m of sawn wood products per year. The main marketing area of the plant will be the European countries, primarily Germany and Austria, the countries of Middle East, as well as Japan, South Korea, China. Also there is a possibility to supply the products in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg.
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Russian Federation expects further co-op with China
The Sakha Republic had signed several documents on cooperation with China focusing mainly on timber extraction and processing but the two sides were also discussing joint oil and gas exploration projects according to China Daily last week.
Yegor Borisov said the focus of these documents was mainly on "China is eyeing construction of a sea transport corridor via the Sakha Republic and the Arctic Ocean, while Russian republics which wanted to establish links with Europe are also interested in the project," Borisov said.
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North America supply a risk to NZ
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Status of proposed Russian log export tax reduction
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The demand for the Egyptian market is backIn the last quarter, the price decline that began in the firs
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New Zealand Log Prices - June 2011
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Last year global demand for softwood lumber increased by more than 10 percent
Last year global demand for softwood lumber increased by more than 10 percent after having hit a 50-year low in 2009. The rise in demand has pushed lumber prices in North America, Asia and Europe to their highest levels in ten months, reports the WRQ.
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Japan: Schweighofer, Stora Enso: "Hilfe derzeit das Wichtigste"Wien. „Sehr mitgenommen“ und wegen „vieler persönlicher Verbindungen direkt betroffen von der entsetzlichen Situation in Japan“ zeigen sich die Mitarbeiter in der Unternehmenszentrale der Holzindustrie Schweighofer in Wien. Das Unternehmen liefert einen beträchtlichen Teil der gesamten Produktion nach Japan, von Rumänien aus, dem Standort der beiden Sägewerke.
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Tough times ahead for Australian housing construction Posted on July 8th, 2011Both the Housing Industry Association (HIA) and Master Builders Australia (MBA) have just released reports on the gloomy forecasts for the Australian building and construction industry, particularly in the residential sector.
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Government of Canada Launches Call for Proposals for Forest Industry Transformation FundingOTTAWA, Canada -- The Government of Canada today officially launched the second and last Call for Proposals under the Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) program. The IFIT program aims to support Canada's forest sector in becoming more economically competitive and environmentally sustainable through targeted investments in advanced technologies.
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Global demand for softwood lumber increased by more than 10 percent after having hit a 50-year low in 2009Seattle, USA. Global demand for softwood lumber increased by over 10 percent in 2010. This came after a year when wood consumption worldwide was the lowest it had been in almost 50 years.
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Final report of the EUTR Support Study available nowThe final report of the “Support study for development of the non-legislative acts provided for in the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market” (referred often as EUTR Support Study) is av
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Ilim Group Allocated Over RUR 310 Million to Implement the Project Aimed to Increase Own Power Generation Capacity in BratskSt. Petersburg, Russia, Jul 11, 2011 - Ilim Group is completing the second stage of the Rebuild of Facilities for Preparation, Storage, and Feeding Wood and Bark Waste for Incineration project launched last year. The total cost of the work under the project exceeds RUR 310 million.
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Mill opening signals resurgence of forestry in Northwest B.C.The sawmill at Kitwanga was officially reopened Friday under new owners, marking the return of lumber production to the province’s Northwest after a two and a half year absence reports Vancouver Sun.
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B.C. lumber exports to China surpass exports to U.S. for first timeTrade figures show the value of softwood lumber exported to China has surpassed the U.S. for the first time, sending powerful signals about the importance of the Asia-Pacific markets for B.C.'s economy and job prospects.
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Cutting trees to cool the planet?In a twist, a new study suggests that regularly logging forests can quadruple the amount of carbon dioxide soaked up from the atmosphere.
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Stora Enso invests in sustainable energy at Zdirec Sawmill in Czech RepublicHelsinki, Finland, 2011-07-21 11:59 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STORA ENSO OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 21 July 2011 at 12.59 EET Stora Enso is continuing to implement its Wood Products Business Area strategy to improve profitability by constructing a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant at Zdírec
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Proposed Amendment of the Sulphur Directive Would Weaken the Competitiveness of the Finnish forest industryFinland, Jul 20, 2011 - The EU Commission has published its proposed amendment to the Sulphur Directive, which would lead to the maximum sulphur content of maritime fuels being lowered to 0.1% on the Baltic Sea by the beginning of 2015.
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Södra expect continued high global wood costsSödra's profit for the first half was 577 million SEK (1084 million in the same period last year) representing a return on capital of 11 percent (21).
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Impact of soaring Chinese demand for logs and lumberChina’s total wood demand is anticipated to keep growing from 250 million m3 in 2010 to 350 million m3 by 2015 (a conservative projected growth rate of 8% per year), possibly moving as high as 450 million m3 by 2020.
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Sir James Mitchell brings sustainable forestry investors to President JagdeoFormer St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Sir James Mitchell renewed his acquaintance with President Bharrat Jagdeo during a courtesy visit today. He was accompanied by a team of investors in sustainable forestry, interested in Guyana. The team from the F.T.I Timber Growth Fund Limited, a European based company operating in the Roraima state of Brazil included, Board Chairman Marcus Valentine and Operations Consultant John Edwards among others.
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Weyerhaeuser Completes Sale of Hardwoods BusinessFEDERAL WAY, Wash., USA, Aug 01, 2011 - Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) today announced it has completed the sale of its hardwoods business to American Industrial Partners.
Total proceeds from the sale will be approximately $108 million.
Assets included in the transaction are located in Tuscumbia, Ala.; Elkhart, Ind.; Grand Rapids and Lewiston, Mich.; Brainerd, Minn.; Coos Bay, Eugene and Garibaldi, Ore.; Titusville, Pa.; Arlington, Centralia and Longview, Wash.; and Dorchester and Onalaska, Wis.
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ITTO and Marubeni sign Agreement for REDD+ feasibility study in BrazilMakoto Sato, General Manager of Marubeni's Global Environmental Projects Department, and Emmanuel Ze Meka, ITTO Executive Director, signed an Agreement on 29 July 2011 at ITTO Headquarters in Yokohama, to conduct a REDD+ feasibility study in the State of Acre, Brazil.
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GFC and the Forest Products Development and Marketing Council should join the global best practices in reporting
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Warning on Ta Ann practicesA MALAYSIAN parliamentarian has visited Tasmania's native forests with a warning over timber company Ta Ann's business operations in his home country.
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UNECE, FAO Release Forest Products Annual Market Review 2010-2011The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have released the Forest Products Annual Market Review 2010-2011, according to which consumption of forest products in the UNECE region rose by 5.6% overall in 2010, following two years of falling pro
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Timber Trade Flow Maps of China and the Mekong RegionThis report provides a number of illustrated maps giving an overview of the timber trade flows in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam and their respective trading partners. The maps provide information on the import and export in value as well as volume (RWE).
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BASELINE STUDY 1, CHINA: Overview of Forest Governance, Markets and TradeAs part of FLEGT Asia’s information collection role, a number of forest governance, markets and trade Baseline Studies have been carried out in the region. This study is done for China.
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BASELINE STUDY 2, LAO PDR: Overview of Forest Governance, Markets and TradeAs part of FLEGT Asia’s information collection role, a number of forest governance, markets and trade Baseline Studies have been carried out in the region. This study is done for Lao PDR.
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China imports of BC lumber jump 97%According to the latest import statistics from China Customs, Canadian lumber shipments to China (almost all from B.C.) increased by a whopping 97% in the first six months of 2011 over the same period in 2010.
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Finnish sawmill machinery for Australian millIn January 2012, HewSaw will deliver a HewSaw SL250 TRIO sawing line to Bombala in New South Wales on the southeast coast of Australia. The agreement was signed on 29th April 2011. The construction work will begin in August 2011, and the project is scheduled to finish in December 2012.
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Impact of Border Carbon Adjustment and Restrictions on Non-certified Timber on International Commerce in Wood ProductsClimate change mitigation measures may soon begin to impact trade in wood products in two important ways.
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Japan still matters to the B.C. economy
Canadians are coming to recognize that the balance of power in the international economy is shifting inexorably toward Asia. Already home to three-fifths of humanity, the next two decades will see Asia grow to account for half or more of global output.
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EFSOS II - UN/ECE Forest sector and timber outlook study summaryIf no major policies or strategies are changed in the forest sector and trends outside it follow the lines described by the IPCC B2 scenario, consumption of forest products and wood energy will grow steadily and wood supply will expand to meet this demand (see Figure 24).
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Exports of logs and lumber from the US and Canada to China to reach recordLumber shipments from Canada alone could reach 1.2 billion dollars this year. The North American share of log and lumber import volumes to China has increased from four percent in 2005 to 18 percent in 2010.
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Södra’s new sawmill offers pulp benefitsSödra’s new Värö sawmill was inaugurated this week by Swedish Minister for Trade, Ewa Björling. A key part of the project is the location of the new sawmill adjacent to Södra’s Värö pulp mill.
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Stora Enso and SRV Plan in Co-operation to Build a World-class Wood CityHelsinki, Finland, Oct 3, 2011 - Stora Enso plans to undertake a unique wooden construction project in Finland called Wood City in collaboration with the construction company SRV.
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FFIF : Fairly Good Timber Sales Activity in SeptemberSeptember was fairly good in the timber market. Timber prices were high in comparison to long-term averages and all timber grades were in good demand.
Stumpage prices remained on the high level achieved one year ago in September, although a slight month-on-month decrease was recorded.
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Ilim Group Expanded Coverage of FSC Forest Management Certificate Over all Leased TimberlandsThe Forestry Branch of OJSC Ilim Group in Koryazhma (Arkhangelsk Oblast) has gone through audit verifying the compliance with the FSC Forest Management requirements. No significant incompliances with the international standards have been identified during the audit which was carried out by GFA (Germany). After the audit the Forestry Branch was included in the list of Ilim Group Branches covered by the multi-site Forest Management FSC Certificate.
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USDA Study Shows Economic and Environmental Benefits of Wood as Green Building MaterialWASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) welcomes a study by the U.S.
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SCA and Södra to cut timber production
SCA Timber is curtailing sawmill production by 10% for the rest of the year.
Most of the production limitation is connected with the Christmas and New Year holidays.
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Forest Sector Backs City of Ottawa Commitment on Green Construction
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UNECE Region forest products markets rebound after two years of falling production and consumptionUNECE Timber Committee Statement on Forest Products Markets in 2011 and 2012
Adopted on 14 October 2011
The Committee reviewed developments in forest products markets as reported in the Forest Products Annual Market Review, 2010-2011, as well as experts’ presentations, country market statements and forecasts.
UNECE Region forest products markets rebound after two years of falling production and consumptionForest Products contributing to the green economy
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Wood WORKS! Award Winners Announced: wood design solutions for diverse building types showcasedOTTAWA, Nov. 3, 2011 /CNW/ - An elite group of Ontario's leading architects, engineers, and project teams received Wood Design Awards at the 11th annual Wood WORKS! awards celebration.
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The importance of the domestic timber trade for FLEGT and REDDropenbos International would like to invite you to an informal networking event on 23 November 2011, to learn about the practical dilemmas of regulating domestic timber markets.
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Bamboo and Climate Change MitigationThis report attempts to address the main issues which influence how bamboo should be seen within the climate change context.
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Olympic athletes to train on timber from 'endangered' forests
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Forest Industry Applauds Government for Promoting Canadian Wood in AsiaThe Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is pleased that the Minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver, has promoted Canadian wood frame construction as environmentally friendly and energy efficient during his trip to China.
Minister Oliver attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the completion of China's first four-storey wood frame structure, a joint Canada-China project using Canadian lumber, located in the Tianjin Economic Development area.
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Wood First commitments in 40 local governments in B.C.British Columbia’s Wood Enterprise Coalition (WEC) today congratulated Regional District of Kootenay Boundary on the passage of its new Wood First Resolution in support of the province’s Wood First Act – making it the 40th local government in BC to pass a Wood Fi
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RusForest strengthens the management team by appointing a Chief Operating Officer Jeppe Strange, a Danish citizen born in 1953, has held several top management positions within leading foreign controlled companies in Russia during the past 15 years. Over the past four years Mr.
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Softwood dumping investigationThe Australian Customs and Border Protection Service has launched anti-dumping procedures against softwood lumber imports from Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, Canada, and the USA.
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New accord for tropical forests enters into forceThe International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) announced the entry into force of the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 (ITTA, 2006) effective Wednesday, December 7th 2011.
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Tanzanian minister highlights global demand for timberThe global demand for timber resources has been highlighted by Tanzania's Minister for Natural Resources, who has called on international investors to entrust more of their money to alternative funds such as timber funds.
Ezekiel Maige told a gathering of international businessmen in the East African nation that the national demand for timber and its byproducts had reached 5 million cubic metres, while the nation's timber farms currently only had the capacity to produce 1.2 million cubic metres.
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Federal Government spends $500,000 to promote Atlantic Canadian woodThe Government of Canada is spending $500,000 over two years to encourage the use of Atlantic Canadian wood in regional construction projects.
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Timber construction techniques gain popularityThe popularity of certain timber construction techniques appears to be spreading, with cross-laminated timber (CLT) proving to be particularly sought-after.
CLD is produced in a factory and involves industrially-drying quick-growing timber boards, before stacking them at right angles and gluing them together. The boards are glued across their entire surface, and one product will usually use three, five or seven layers of timber.
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Are we approaching ‘peak timber’ in the tropics?Over the past few decades, tropical timber production in many Asia–Pacific countries has been akin to the symmetric logistic distribution curve, or ‘Hubbert Curve’, observed in the exploitation of many non-renewable resources—a rapid increase in production followed by a peak and then decline.
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Global sawlog prices fall for first time since 2009With weaker demand for lumber around the world, sawlog prices fell in a majority of the 21 markets tracked by the Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). The Global Conifer Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) declined in the 3Q for the first time since the 1Q/09.
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B.C. Lumber Exports To China skyrocketICTORIA - The B.C. government says lumber exports to China have gone through the roof.
It says in the first 11 months of last year, the province had shipped 4.2 billion board feet of lumber to China, exceeding a goal of four billion set four years ago.
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Maine executive order puts forest certification on equal footingMaine Governor Paul LePage signed an executive order directing that “any new or expanded state buildings shall incorporate green building standards that give certification credits equally to forest products grown, manufactured and certified under the Sustainable Forestry Initiativ
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Timber shortage critical – STIASabah Timber Industries Association (STIA) said the timber industry here is facing a shortage of raw material due to over logging in the past and lack of sustainable forest management program.
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A word from Hon. Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural ResourcesThe Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, today addressed representatives of Canada’s forest industry at a luncheon speech at PaperWeek 2012 in Montreal.
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China is now the world’s largest importer of softwood lumber and logsReduced activities in the housing construction sector in China decreased importation of softwood logs and lumber in late 2011, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.
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Ugandans Invest in Trees, For Profit, ConservationWealthy investors in Uganda are taking advantage of a new money-making opportunity investing in trees. Trees have become an attractive investment because of the rising cost of timber and the allure of carbon credits. The Ugandan government sees these so-called "tree banks" as a means to combat deforestation. But practice remains controversial.
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Forest industry appreciates Prime Minister's promotion of Canadian lumber exports to ChinaThe Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is pleased that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has highlighted the exceptional growth of Canadian lumber exports to China. The industry recognizes the important partnership role the fe
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Storms Driven by January Trade in FinlandForest acquired in January from private forests 2.6 million cubic meters of wood. In January, the purchased amount of trees felled by storms was estimated at 1.5 million cubic meters.
Storm damage was very localized and do not have a significant impact on the industry's annual use of wood. The storm effects were greatest in south-western Finland, where the timber trade took place livelier many times over the previous January.
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Bretford Reinforces Commitment to Sustainability by Achieving CarbonNeutral® Company Certification
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Uncertainties cloud state's carbon offset opportunitiesANDERSON, Calif. - Forestry's recognition as a carbon-friendly industry could provide lucrative opportunities for timberland owners in the emerging world of carbon credits.
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The Global Forest Industry This QuarterExcerpts from the market report Wood Resource Quarterly:
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Global sawlog prices fell in late 2011Global sawlog prices fell in late 2011, especially in lumber export-oriented countries such as Western Canada, Finland, Sweden, Russia and New Zealand, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.
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Eucalyptus and pine log prices in Brazil close to all-time highEucalyptus and pine log prices in Brazil close to all-time highs in the 4Q/11, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly Wood costs for pulp mills and sawmills in Brazil have gone up over the
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Release of the 'Case for Tall Wood Buildings'VANCOUVER, March 7, 2012 /CNW/ - Guests at the Wood WORKS!
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Wood WORKS! BC presents 2012 Wood Design AwardsLeadership and innovation in wood use was celebrated this evening at the Vancouver Convention Centre West, as more than 350 distinguished design and building professionals, including architects, engineers, project teams and industry sponsors and guests gathered to
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ITTO, FAO Workshop Addresses Global Forest Reporting 21 March 2012: The proceedings of a joint workshop organized by the International Tropical Timber Or
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Global tree farms becoming more diverseSEATTLE, WA, Mrz. 26, 2012 (RISI) - After five years, and repeated requests by clients, Dennis Neilson and I spent much of the last six months updating our in-depth look at investments in plantation forestry around the world.
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Forest industry applauds move toward free trade with JapanThe Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is welcoming the announcement that Canada intends to develop a free trade agreement with Japan.
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