B.C. mass timber suppliers see surging sales
As the B.C. commodity lumber sector shutters mills, the B.C. value-added sector serving mass timber construction is [...]
December 10, 2019
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U.S. can‘t show harm from Canadian softwood industry, NAFTA says
A joint NAFTA panel has given the United States three months to rethink its tariffs on imported Canadian softwood lumber [...]
December 9, 2019
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ISC 2019 2: Canadian lumber industry in crisis after crisis
On October 17 and 18, 2019, the 67th International Softwood Conference took place in Antwerp in the Radisson Blu Astrid [...]
November 28, 2019
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Tolko announces permanently closure of its Kelowna mill
Tolko Industries says it will permanently close its Kelowna mill on Jan. 8, after it was indefinetely curtailed in September [...]
November 27, 2019
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Some Canfor’s shareholders might oppose acquisition by Great Pacific
One of Canfor Corporation’s shareholders says it will oppose the pending acquisition of the remaining [...]
November 27, 2019
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Canada: Why 25 mills have stopped operating this year?
The heavily interconnected B.C. forestry sector is facing a crisis as 25 mills have ceased operating this year, leaving [...]
November 11, 2019
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Canfor reports heavy loss for Q3/2019
Reflecting weak global market conditions and a challenging fibre cost environment in British Columbia, for the [...]
November 5, 2019
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Softwood lumber production in the U.S. on stable level, while Canadian output declines
U.S. sawmills produced 20.687 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first seven months of 2019 [...]
October 18, 2019
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Trump administration postpones tariff hike on Chinese imports
President Trump said the government had reach a “phase one” trade agreement with China and won [...]
October 18, 2019
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US wood pellet produces to increase wood pellet prices
For September 2019, Canadian wholesale and retail wood pellet prices are as-yet unchanged from the [...]
October 9, 2019
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