US Softwood lumber price lowers 15% since last year
Sales of framing lumber picked up overall, but downside pressure on prices intensified in a few regions, namely the Inland [...]
May 16, 2015
Market Analysis / Wood Industry Prices / ...Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
Sloppy US lumber market
The plunge in North American structural lumber prices and the lack of a rebound in sight has caught many people [...]
May 14, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / North America
Canadian lumber giants to be affected by slow US housing market
The US housing market is stumbling, which makes two of Canada’s top lumber producers, West Fraser Timber Co. and [...]
April 15, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Wood Construction / North America
Softwood lumber prices drop in major global markets
Global trade of softwood lumber has continued to trend upward ever since the global financial crises in 2008. In 2014 [...]
March 19, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
Canadian sawmills continue to expand in the U.S.
Canadian and U.S. softwood lumber producers reported modest gains in 2014 as lumber demand continues to rise slowly (but [...]
March 9, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / North America
Lumber Liquidators faces criminal charges for importing illegally harvested wood
Lumber Liquidators on Wednesday revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice is contemplating criminal charges under the Lacey Act [...]
February 22, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...North America
Chinese wood products industry continues to expand in 2014
In 2014, China's forest products industry output value and trade value reached US$ 848 billion and US$ 138 billion [...]
February 5, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / China
West Fraser grows the company’s lumber capacity in U.S. South and Western Canada
West Fraser continues to grow its lumber business in the U.S. South and in western Canada. The company announced [...]
April 5, 2014
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Russian lumber exports on the rise, while log exports drop
The Russian log export tax that was implemented in 2007 resulted in a sharp decline of log exportation with the [...]
March 18, 2014
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Russia
Interfor reported record lumber production and sales in 2013
Interfor reported net earnings of $11.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to net losses of $0 [...]
February 24, 2014
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe
