Early market leader continues to innovate when it comes to woody biomass, fuel and recycling wood waste. Learn how you can improve your waste management based on Cloverdale? success. Biomass has been a rapidly growing component of the wood fiber market, but for Cloverdale Fuel, the trend is anything but new. The British Columbia-based wood…
In the wake of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday placing a priority on renegotiating a softwood lumber agreement, the B.C. government is expressing appreciation. After all, the U.S. is B.C.’s largest market for softwood lumber products and, within Canada, more than 50% of Canada’s softwood lumber exports to the…
It wasn’t all bromance and backslaps in Ottawa when U.S. President Barack Obama addressed Parliament on Wednesday. Behind the closed doors of his bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the tone abruptly changed from convivial to tense over softwood lumber — an export industry worth billions of dollars to Canadian producers. There are different accounts…
Lignin is a natural component of plant cell walls, the scaffolding that surrounds each cell and plays a pivotal role in plants’ ability to grow against gravity and reach heights ranging from stubbly grasses to the sky-scraping splendor of redwoods. But lignin is a problem for scientists interested in converting plant biomass to biofuels and…
Deep in the mountains of Western North Carolina, Clemson University forestry students are hard at work. As they trek up Whiteside Mountain, they collect an array of plant and tree species while identifying topographical traits of the area. The students were participating in one of the many aspects of the Clemson Forestry Summer Camp, a…
The United Kingdom power is British Columbia’s biggest buyer of wood-pellet biofuels and Thursday’s Brexit vote to leave the European Union just made the province a more expensive place for them to do business. The value of the pound plummeted by seven per cent against the Canadian dollar in currency trading Friday on international markets, which…
The U.S. and Canada have “significant differences” amid talks toward a new softwood-lumber trade pact, according to the countries’ top trade officials. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Canadian International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland released a joint statement Friday stressing that negotiations continue on what they described as an important part of both economies. The…
The provincial government is promoting the increased use of residual fibre (left at the roadside following logging) by a number of changes in legislation and policy as described in its recent “Fibre Action Plan.” Part of this plan was a recent study by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations staff which showed…
The Premier was talking tough on softwood lumber at yesterday afternoon’s Chamber of Commerce meeting in Quesnel. Christy Clark specifically mentioned the lack of a new export deal with the US. BC is responsible for 50% of Canada’s softwood lumber exports to the States. Clark says the matter is urgent and she assured the crowd that…
Biomass inventory, supply-chain logistics, standards and technological applications, emerging markets, technical and regulatory hurdles were highlights of two bio-economy workshops held recently in Thunder Bay. Hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF), the take-home messages were positive and promising. The province has organic material from forest wood and agriculture residues that complements…