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Forest2Market
On Aug. 8, China's Commerce Ministry released a preliminary list of proposed tariffs on $16 billion in U.S. goods, which came just a day after the U.S. Trade Representative's office released a finalized list of $16 billion in Chinese goods that will be hit with tariffs. The tariffs are scheduled to be activated on Aug. 23, the Chinese ministry clarified, which is the same day that the U.S. plans to begin collecting an additional 25 percent in tariffs on $16 billion in Chinese goods.
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FPS
There's only one month until the popular Introduction to Wood Science and Forest Products Course. Presented by the Forest Products Society (FPS) in conjunction with Mississippi State University (MSU), students will gain a valuable industry education taught by esteemed professors and experts.
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FPS
FPS Northwest Section is bridging the gap between forest product academics, students, scientists and researchers with industry professionals during the "Future of Wood' Workshops and Mass Timber Tour, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 17 and 18, at the Portland Expo Center in Portland, Oregon. Co-located with the popular Timber Processing and Energy Expo, the event will allow individuals to meet and network with FPS members in the Northwest and learn about these critical areas:
- University Update and Future of the Workforce: A Panel Discussion of University Deans and Primary Faculty
- Advancements in Adhesives
- Current and Future NW Biomass Activities
- Half-Day Mass Timber Buildings Tour
- Evening Networking Event
Register here.
IWBC
Labor shortages and increased demand through urbanization has led to a global housing shortage. The construction industry hasn't changed much in the last 50 years but to meet this growing challenge, it must evolve to build houses in a way that's faster, cheaper and more environmentally friendly. To meet this challenge, Metsä Wood's Mikko Saavalainen, senior vice president of business development, and Juha Kasslin, vice president of product management, show how offsite construction ticks all these boxes.
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The Canadian Press via CTV News
Canada's forestry industry is pushing back against comments by U.S. President Trump that lumber imports are partially to blame for intense forest fires in California. Trump said a at cabinet meeting Thursday that the U.S. should harvest fallen trees from the forest floor, which he says are making fires worse, rather than import wood when "Canada is charging us a lot of money to bring their timber down into our country." The comments were troubling and a bit ridiculous, said Forest Products Association of Canada CEO Derek Nighbor.
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Biomass Magazine
A report recently filed with the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service's Global Agricultural Information Network provides an update of wood pellet production in Russia, predicting continued growth in the country’s pellet industry. The report states that while Russia's wood pellet production industry is relatively young, the country currently accounts for approximately 6 percent of world wood pellet exports and currently ranks eighth in the world for total wood pellet production, with 3 percent of total world wood pellet production.
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KTVZ-TV
The State of Oregon Building Codes Structures Board recently approved and the Oregon Building Codes Division adopted code language providing for taller wood building construction in Oregon. The Aug. 1 approval provides greater predictability for owners, developers, contractors and designers to have additional choices in construction.
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Woodworking Network
Formosan subterranean termites, often nicknamed super-termites, have been found in a number of homes in and around San Diego.
"Super-termites" form massive colonies — numbering up to two million — and can cause extreme damage within time frames as short as six months. Traditional dry-wood termites typically take at least 10 years to do similar damage.
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Wood Business
Maritime Innovation Limited — J.D. Irving Limited's (JDI) research lab in Sussex, New Brunswick — is one of only three places in the world that applies genetic science to grow softwood trees to sustain healthy forests and related forest products jobs. That means growing taller, straighter and more disease-resistant trees faster than they’re being harvested. The original seed sources are from local parent trees selected from forests across the region. The Sussex tree lab is the only one run by JDI and is one of only two operating in North America, while the third is located in Europe.
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