North America

Georgia-Pacific to idle McCormick lumber and Allendale OSB mills

    Georgia-Pacific LLC is idling operations at its McCormick lumber and Allendale OSB mills in South [...]

U.S. hardwood industry expected to disintegrate from trade war with China

A possible trade deal with China announced this month might not be broad enough to save U.S. hardwood timber [...]

13 BC sawmill closures forecast for the next decade

    This year’s series of B.C. mill closures and production curtailments have affected more than [...]

West Fraser reports drop in lumber production

    West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has reported its third quarter 2019 results:     [...]

Norbord to curtail one OSB production line in Georgia, US

Norbord Inc. announced that effective mid-November, it will indefinitely curtail production on Line 1 of its two-line oriented [...]

Granuul Invest completes acquisition of former German Pellets assets in Texas

Acquisition of the Texas Pellets pellet manufacturing plant offers a possibility to increase the group´s production capacity up to [...]

India, a growing market for US hardwood producers

According to the latest statistics, U.S. hardwood lumber shipped to India from January to August of this year increased [...]

No impact on retail prices due to BC curtailments

Despite several curtailments for different BC lumber producers, the impacts of them have yet to be felt in the retail [...]

China tariffs cut deep into the US hardwood industry

Prior to the trade and retaliatory tariff battle between the U.S. and China in mid-2018, the U.S [...]