Keyword: North America

N. American OSB price hit repeated record highs even as lumber’s rally cools

   The price of OSB in North America has surged 97% since the start of the year.   [...]

Sawmill orders shrinking a sign that lumber prices might fall soon

As May rolled into June and following the dual long weekends of Victoria Day in Canada and Memorial Day in [...]

N. American lumber price rally seems to stall

The unprecedented rally in the lumber market has begun to falter, but industry analysts expect lumber prices to remain at [...]

N. American softwood sawmill capacity at highest levels since Great Recession

North American softwood sawmill capacity increased by 1.4 billion board feet in the last year, according to Forisk. Most [...]

N. American lumber boom not supported by new sawmills

North America’s sawmills can’t keep up with demand, which has sent wood prices on a meteoric rise. Don [...]

N. American lumber prices start to drop

North American umber prices fell for the fifth consecutive day on Friday, May 14.    After soaring [...]

Recovery of lumber production capacity in N. America is not as easy as imagined

    Although the price of lumber rose sharply during this period, Canadian production capacity did not increase [...]

Record rise in N. American lumber prices will not ease in the near future

    US prices for all categories of lumber break records as futures prices surge with no relief [...]

N. American lumber prices could very easily jump to new record highs this year

     Lumber prices in North America could head to $1300 per thousand board feet.   The [...]