North America

Lumber prices in the US went down at the beginning of August

Framing lumber prices in US spiraled downward, as mills searched for trading levels to little avail. Deep double-digit cuts [...]

China’s wood companies face difficulties in the US market

    Data from China Customs shows that in 2017 total value of China’s wood products trade [...]

Georgia-Pacific to build large sawmill in Georgia, USA

Georgia-Pacific announced plans for construction of a new lumber production facility in Albany-Dougherty County, Georgia, USA.   [...]

Major US company quits wood pellet business

    Nearly a decade after entering the business of developing new wood pellet production machines, Astec Industries [...]

Main global softwood lumber producers expand their output

    The top global lumber companies showed further gains in production in 2017 as compared to 2016 [...]

Sharp drop in US housing starts caused by tariffs

National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) officials recently commented on new data released by the US Department of Housing and [...]

Chinese woodworking machinery hit by US duties

As of July 6 machinery and related tools for wood processing as well as presses for the production of wooden [...]

Worldwide wood-based panels market to register sharp growth in the upcoming years

The global wood-based panel market size is expected to reach USD 174.55 billion by 2025, registering a 7 [...]

Lower prices keep the US lumber market under pressure

Framing lumber market in the US was mostly affected by the downside price pressure during last week.    [...]