North America

N. American lumber prices drop to 4-month lows as inflation hits DIY market

North American lumber futures fell as much as 8.4% to $870 per 1,000 board feet in Chicago on [...]

Current state of China’s log import market

While it appears that the upward pressure on shipping prices has abated, the China log demand has come off  from [...]

Enviva invests US$250 million build a new pellet plant

Enviva will invest $250 million in Bond, Mississippi to build a new wood pellet production plant.     [...]

N. American lumber prices under pressure

     Lumber futures are coming under pressure as the housing market gets more restrictive for new buyers [...]

Drax to open second pellet plant in Alabama

    UK's Drax Group has opened a new pellet plant at Demopolis in Alabama. At full [...]

US South supply to help contain lumber price increases in coming years

The US lumber market remains highly volatile, but the supply chain continues to ramp up production to meet demand, which [...]

China’s plywood exports hit record high

    China’s plywood exports hit a record high According to China Customs plywood exports were 12 [...]

Extreme supply chain chaos hits lumber industry in N. America

The strangest North American lumber market in memory keeps getting stranger.    Canfor Corp., one of North [...]

Next bark beetle outbreak on the way

After the long-standing bark beetle calamity in western Canada came to an end a few years ago and we [...]