Keyword: North America

N. American lumber prices under pressure

     Lumber futures are coming under pressure as the housing market gets more restrictive for new buyers [...]

Extreme supply chain chaos hits lumber industry in N. America

The strangest North American lumber market in memory keeps getting stranger.    Canfor Corp., one of North [...]

N. American lumber rally cools; futures tumble below 1,000$

North American lumber headed for its biggest weekly loss since July as transportation snarls that sparked a rally start to [...]

N. American lumber prices fall 22% in March as housing market cools

     North American lumber prices have fallen 22% from their early March peak as the housing market [...]

Russia-Ukraine war aggravated already rising N. American lumber prices

    North American umber prices are continuing to surge amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and traders [...]

Lumber prices increase again as Canada’s biggest producers reduce output

Lumber futures rose to the highest in a month as some of Canada’s biggest producers reduce output and transportation [...]

N. American wood pellet exports at record high in 2021

  North American wood pellet exports hit a record high in 2021, boosted by demand from Asia and the [...]

N. American lumber prices are up 30% in February

     Lumber has surged nearly 30% so far this month in step with the wider rally in [...]

N. American lumber surges again as supplies shrink

Lumber is on a tear again, bringing back the specter of increasing construction costs.    Lumber futures [...]

2022 North American lumber markets outlook

    It’s been a wild ride for wood products, particularly lumber, over the past two years [...]