Top global lumber companies: large acquisitions and expansions continue
With lumber companies being flush with cash from record prices in 2020 and 2021, there continues to be several new [...]
December 8, 2021
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Canfor hardest-hit by US lumber duties
Canfor Corp. is bearing the brunt as new tariffs on softwood lumber exports into the United States come into effect [...]
December 8, 2021
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China: Rising volumes and CIF prices for log imports
According to China Customs, log imports in the third quarter of 2021 totalled 48.4 million cubic metres valued at [...]
December 7, 2021
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N. American lumber prices are back up 120% since summer
When the North American lumber bubble popped this summer, economists and commodity traders alike pointed to [...]
December 7, 2021
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Egger plans to expand production in North America
Egger Wood Products announced that it intends to invest $50 million in additional equipment for its [...]
December 7, 2021
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N. American lumber prices rebound as Canadian floods curb shipments
North American lumber prices are poised to return to highs last seen in June after heavy [...]
December 6, 2021
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Drax plans to double pellet production to 8 mil. tons
Drax Group plc on Dec. 1 announced plans to double its biomass pellet production to 8 million metric tons per [...]
December 6, 2021
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Canfor to reduce production due to supply chain challenges
Canfor Pulp Products Inc. is announcing temporary NBSK and BCTMP production reductions at Northwood Pulp and Taylor Pulp in response [...]
December 5, 2021
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West Fraser’s lumber shipments drop up to 30% on BC floods
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. said weekly lumber shipments from the west of the country plunged [...]
December 2, 2021
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Impact of the Russia log export ban on the supply of sawlogs to China
How will the supply of sawlogs in China develop next year, when Russia stops exporting logs?   [...]
December 1, 2021
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