Keyword: US

Paris improves wood pellets use for urban heating; US to supply the demand

Paris plans to improve the use of renewable energy in the urban heating system by importing thousands of tonnes of [...]

Trudeau-Obama meeting might solve lumber trade dispute

Justin Trudeau’s visit to the Washington helped developing a closer connection in the solving of the ongoing Softwood Lumber [...]

German Pellets subsidiaries in the US filed for bankruptcy

The US subsidiaries of German Pellets filed for bankruptcy on Thursday. After construction delays and cost overruns, the Louisiana Pellets [...]

Lumber producers in Alberta are hopeful for SLA renewal to avoid trade war

The new softwood lumber agreement between Canada and the US is expected by the lumber producers in Alberta, as there [...]
February 28, 2016 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America

US softwood lumber shipments to China down by 50%

In the first half of 2015, US softwood lumber exports to China dropped nearly 50% to 247,290 cubic metres [...]
September 13, 2015 Market Analysis / Sawmilling / ...China / North America

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 [...]

Sloppy US lumber market

The plunge in North American structural lumber prices and the lack of a rebound in sight has caught many people [...]

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 [...]

US wood pellet exports have doubled due to high European demand

Wood pellet exports from the United States nearly doubled last year, from 1.6 million short tons (approximately 22 trillion [...]

The global particleboard market forecast to boom in the next 3 years

The recovery in U.S. housing construction, an expanding global furniture industry, and strong growth in housing construction in rapidly [...]