Growing US lumber market still needs Canadian key supplies for the next ten years
The softwood sawmilling sector in Eastern Canada will play an increasingly important role as a key [...]
November 19, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Forecast: New trends to emerge in China’s softwood log, lumber supply chain
Ongoing developments and emerging themes in China continue to significantly impact market dynamics; these key themes are unmistakable to anyone [...]
November 16, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China
China expected to become BC’s main forest products export market, surpassing the US
Canada’s key export-support organization boldly predicts China will surpass the United States as British Columbia’s top market [...]
November 14, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / China / North America
US softwood lumber prices decreased by 22% since summer
In October, prices for softwood lumber in the U.S. dropped 10.3% - the largest decline since May 2011.  [...]
November 14, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / North America
Boise Cascade to stop LVL production at Roxboro; completes sale of two lumber mills
Boise Cascade Company announced the 60-day notice of a permanent curtailment of its laminated veneer lumber (LVL) production at [...]
November 12, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Canfor reduces sawmill operations in BC, while cutting production by 10%
Canfor Corporation will be curtailing sawmill operations in British Columbia (BC) during Q4 2018 due to log supply constraints, log [...]
November 6, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Softwood lumber exports from Europe to China drop by 25%
The European softwood lumber exports to China have decreased significantly during January-August 2018, as compared [...]
November 6, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Europe
Canfor reports drop in lumber segment
Lower lumber prices and severe forest fires in Western Canada are partially behind Canfor's Q3 decline in both its [...]
November 2, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
US lumber prices hit lowest level in two years
Disappointment permeated US framing lumber markets, as trading lacked follow-through from the previous week’s pickup in sales. One [...]
November 2, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
Important lumber-related developments impact lumber prices in the US
A number of important lumber-related developments have come out of North America over the last period.   [...]
October 30, 2018
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