by Working Forest | Jan 27, 2020 | Archives
CBC NEWS — Alberta will allow construction of 12-storey buildings using engineered wood beginning this spring in advance of the new National Building Code that will be published later this year. The announcement was made in Edmonton Friday by Alberta Municipal...
by Working Forest | Jan 23, 2020 | Archives
STANFORD UNIVERSITY -If you indulge in truffles, or porcini and chanterelle mushrooms, you have enjoyed a product of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Forming symbiotic relationships with plants – including pine, birch, oak and willow tree species – these fungi have...
by Working Forest | Jan 23, 2020 | Archives
CHICAGO — With a focus on creating connections to empower the success of its global network of distributors and customers, Komatsu will debut several product and technology advancements to support the construction, waste, forestry, energy and aggregates industries at...
by Working Forest | Jan 23, 2020 | Archives
Wood raw-material costs for the world’s pulp manufacturers have fallen the past year with the biggest decreases for wood chips and pulplogs occurring in Europe, reports the WRQ. Softwood pulplog prices fell in the key markets of Europe in the fall of 2019. This price...
by Working Forest | Jan 22, 2020 | Archives
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, ASSOCIATED PRESS, PWC — Climate issues are set to be one of the main talking points at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos this week, but a survey of CEOs released Monday shows that they are not even ranked among the top ten...
