North America

Sky-high lumber prices are back in N. America

  Builders are buying lumber while floods in British Columbia limited supplies. Cash prices are also very high. Pricing [...]

Current trends in the global forest industry

    Record-high lumber prices in North America and Europe have moved both sawlog demand and values [...]

Will lumber prices rise in 2022?

No matter which way you look at it, 2021 was hardly a typical year. Between supply chain shortages, inflation, the [...]

China: Sharp rise in CIF prices for lumber imports

According to China Customs in the third quarter of 2021 lumber imports totalled 21.91 million cubic metres valued at [...]

Recent lumber price surge could fuel more Canadian acquisitions in US next year

    Unprecedented transportation disruptions caused by floods in British Columbia have sent lumber prices soaring, boosting revenues [...]

Chinese demand for softwood logs very low due to market uncertainty

    The current enthusiasm of Chinese domestic timber businessmen to stock up at the end of the [...]

B.C. forestry sector hit hard by fallout from November floods

  Inability to move products forcing mills in the province to suspend operations.  Even before a series [...]

US lumber prices spike above $1,000

   Lumber prices jumped 5% to more than $1,000 for the first time since mid-June on Thursday [...]

Prices for logs in US South among the lowest in the world

The forest industry in the US South has attracted increased interest and investment over the past few years. This relatively [...]

West Fraser completes OSB mill acquisition from Georgia Pacific

    West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has completed the acquisition of Georgia Pacific’s oriented strand board [...]