Sawmilling

US softwood lumber prices continue to fall in June 2019

    Despite a growing list of mill curtailments, prices of framing lumber sagged under the weight of [...]

Softwood lumber deliveries from EU to US nearly double

          European softwood lumber exports to the USA continued to rise [...]

Overview of current sawmill production curtailments in BC

Hardly a week goes by that we’re not hearing of new sawmill curtailments or closures in B.C.  For [...]

More expensive roundwood in Finland

    The prices for roundwood in Finland have increased significantly during April 2019, as compared to the [...]

China: Prices of main wood products in April 2019

      This index contains the April 2019 updated prices of logs and lumber from the [...]

Exports of Brazilian wood products see sharp fall in April 2019

    In April 2019, the Brazilian exports of wood-based products (except pulp and paper) declined 19 [...]

Canada: Softwood lumber industry caught between trade disputes and climate change

      The Canadian softwood lumber industry has to handle two of the biggest challenges in [...]

Global sawlog prices on a downward trend in Q1/2019

The global flow of softwood logs from countries with a surplus of wood raw material to regions with tight, or [...]

West Fraser curtails production at five sawmills

West Fraser announced temporary production curtailments during which all mill activities will be curtailed for one week in June at [...]

Canfor to permanently close Vavenby sawmill

Canadian Canfor Corporation announced today it will be closing its Vavenby sawmill in British Columbia this July following an orderly [...]