UK Q1/2021 timber imports highest in more than a decade
Supply expected to remain tight throughout 2021. The volume of UK timber [...]
June 21, 2021
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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 [...]
June 15, 2021
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Considerable rise in UK timber and panel imports
The recovery in UK import volume seen in the second half of 2020 continued in January 2021 with timber and [...]
April 28, 2021
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Perfect storm has led to lumber, panel prices skyrocketing in North America
John Gunkelman is the owner of Fargo’s Dakota Construction and is the immediate past president [...]
September 9, 2020
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The European Panel Federation to criticize VOC requirements introduced in Germany
The European Wood-based Panel Federation (EPF) raises the alarm against the current threat to European harmonisation and progress posed [...]
October 8, 2019
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Sharp fall in US lumber prices
Mills idled by wildfires in Western Canada and expectations that more market- or resource-related shutdowns [...]
June 13, 2019
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Arauco completes acquisition of Masisa’s Mexican panel mills
An USD 160 million acquisition agreement of two industrial plants in Mexico was established by Arauco to Masisa, following the [...]
February 6, 2019
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US softwood lumber prices continue to move up
Framing lumber prices in the US carried some upward momentum in mid-November, and the Random Lengths Framing Lumber Composite [...]
December 5, 2018
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US softwood lumber and panel prices stabilize at the beginning of September
US framing lumber traders who had anticipated a stronger pace of sales coming out of the [...]
September 13, 2018
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US softwood lumber prices pick up in mid-August
Framing lumber trading in US hit its fastest stride in more than two months, and the market finished the week [...]
August 23, 2018
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