Massive curtailments in BC push US softwood lumber prices up
Additional and significant curtailments announced in British Columbia jolted the framing lumber market out of a five-week losing streak [...]
June 24, 2019
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Boise Cascade expands plywood plant in South Carolina
Boise Cascade Company will expand its existing operations in Chester County, South Carolina. The engineered wood products and plywood maker [...]
June 24, 2019
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Norbord to permanently close OSB mill in BC
Norbord Inc. has announced its intention to indefinitely curtail production at its oriented strand board (OSB [...]
June 24, 2019
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Canfor and Western Forest Products announce further curtailments in BC
Canadian Canfor Corporation announced it will be curtailing operations at all British Columbia sawmills, except WynnWood [...]
June 19, 2019
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Chinese tariffs hit the US forest supply chain
The US trade and tariff war with China that has been reignited in recent weeks is directly impacting American log [...]
June 19, 2019
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Canada appeals against WTO’s April ruling in softwood lumber dispute with US
Canada has appealed against a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel ruling in a case it lost [...]
June 18, 2019
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US softwood lumber prices continue to fall in June 2019
Despite a growing list of mill curtailments, prices of framing lumber sagged under the weight of [...]
June 18, 2019
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Softwood lumber deliveries from EU to US nearly double
European softwood lumber exports to the USA continued to rise [...]
June 18, 2019
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Overview of current sawmill production curtailments in BC
Hardly a week goes by that we’re not hearing of new sawmill curtailments or closures in B.C. For [...]
June 18, 2019
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US must take another look at its tariff calculation of China hardwood plywood
The U.S. Department of Commerce must take another look at its tariff calculation of hardwood plywood imported from China [...]
June 18, 2019
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