North America

Canfor invests $130 million in Arkansas sawmill

Canfor Corp. announced plans to invest $130 million to modernize its sawmill and planer facility in Urbana, Arkansas.   [...]

China: Q1/2022 softwood log imports crash, softwood lumber purchases rise 12.5%

In the first three months of 2022, China imported 4 million m³ of softwood lumber, recording an increase of 12 [...]

China: Cargo backlogs in Shanghai could cause next supply chain shockwave

Concern is growing that the spread of COVID cases and city lockdowns in China will have massive downstream effects for [...]

Sweden: Wood industry expects large rise in exports to China and the USA in the next 3 years

When the Swedish wood industry looks to the next three years, a large increase in exports is forecast. China and [...]

N. American lumber prices could rebound on tight supply despite recent fall

     Lumber prices are down more than 20% this year but are poised to gain upward traction [...]

European Pellets Conference 2022 emphasizes current trends in the pellet market

    The European Pellets Conference 2022 on April 6 in Wels, Upper Austria, as well as online [...]

Weyerhaeuser acquires Carolina Timberlands for US$ 265 million

One of the world’s largest private owners of timberlands, Weyerhaeuser Co. has agreed to purchase 80,800 acres of [...]

Sinclar Group Forest Products reduces production at three sawmills due to supply bottlenecks

Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd. will temporarily reduce manufacturing output at its sawmill operations in Vanderhoof, Fort St. James and [...]

Germany, Sweden boost softwood lumber exports to the US

In February 2022, Sweden’s exports of softwood lumber to the U.S. jumped tenfold year-on-year to 107 [...]

Interfor sells specialty sawmill to San Group

Interfor Corporation announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its Acorn specialty sawmill located near Vancouver, British Columbia [...]