US lumber: Post-bubble prices under further pressure
US lumber futures continued to fall over the past few months as weakening housing markets in major economies amid rising [...]
November 16, 2022
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Global trade of softwood lumber down 10%
Global trade of softwood lumber fell about 10% in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period in [...]
November 10, 2022
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Housing market gloom puts North American sawmills at risk
A pall in North America’s housing market is slashing demand for lumber and threatening to shut down sawmills in [...]
November 10, 2022
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Western Forest Products sees N. American housing market supporting lumber demand
Western Forest Products Inc. reported third-quarter results on Thursday. The company sees the fundamentals of [...]
November 10, 2022
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Disruptions in global trade of lumber and logs due Ukraine war
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24th came as a shock to many in Europe [...]
November 4, 2022
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B.C. lumber giants still report good profits in Q3/2022, but outlook negative
Inflation and its cure, rising interest rates, are beginning to hit the bottom lines of two [...]
November 1, 2022
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N. American sawmills to cut production in bid to lift lumber prices
A string of sawmill curtailments has buoyed lumber prices amid a flood of dismal housing data [...]
October 28, 2022
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Interfor announces temporary Q4 production curtailments
Interfor Corporation has announced plans to reduce its lumber production output in the fourth quarter of 2022 by approximately 200 [...]
October 25, 2022
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Russia reoriented lumber exports from Europe to China
The transformation of the global economic situation in the world has led to changes in partnership and market relations between [...]
October 25, 2022
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Global softwood log trade drops by 20%
A halt in Russian log exports and reduced wood demand in China contributed to a 20 [...]
October 24, 2022
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