Lumber prices increase again as Canada’s biggest producers reduce output
Lumber futures rose to the highest in a month as some of Canada’s biggest producers reduce output and transportation [...]
February 24, 2022
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N. American wood pellet exports at record high in 2021
North American wood pellet exports hit a record high in 2021, boosted by demand from Asia and the [...]
February 24, 2022
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Canfor permanently reduces production capacity at Plateau sawmill
Canfor announced Tuesday (Feb. 15) that they are permanently reducing production capacity at the Plateau sawmill [...]
February 24, 2022
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Sharp rise in CIF prices for China’s softwood log imports
According to China Customs, log imports in 2021 totalled 63.58 million cubic metres valued at US$11.594 billion [...]
February 21, 2022
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Softwood lumber production in US up slightly in Jan.-Nov. 2021
Recovering somewhat from multiple supply disruptions, for January to November 2021 softwood lumber production volumes across [...]
February 21, 2022
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Transport issues forces West Fraser Timber to curtail lumber production
Massive flooding late last year that washed away rail tracks and shut highways in Western Canada [...]
February 21, 2022
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Global supply chain chaos could worsen this year
According to a survey conducted by Container Xchange, a container leasing and trading platform, among 800 practitioners in the logistics [...]
February 16, 2022
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Prices for imported softwood logs in China start to pick up as inventories fall
Domestic log prices in China have continued to firm in the last 4 weeks with the Chinese Government implementing a [...]
February 15, 2022
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N. American lumber prices are up 30% in February
Lumber has surged nearly 30% so far this month in step with the wider rally in [...]
February 15, 2022
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N. American lumber surges again as supplies shrink
Lumber is on a tear again, bringing back the specter of increasing construction costs. Lumber futures [...]
February 14, 2022
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