Wood Construction

US lumber enters a bear market with prices down 20% from peak

US lumber prices are falling—fast.    On Tuesday, the price per thousand board feet fell $114 [...]

Finland’s sawmills benefit from lumber boom

    The outlook for the Finnish forest industry is quite positive, Danske Bank's economic information estimated [...]

US lumber prices are falling fast

US lumber prices are falling back to Earth. Prices have dropped from record highs, spurred by the economic reopening and [...]

Wood is the new gold: Prices explode in Germany

  The raw material wood is in high demand on the world market. This is causing skyrocketing prices and [...]

UK Q1/2021 timber imports highest in more than a decade

    Supply expected to remain tight throughout 2021.    The volume of UK timber [...]

US lumber futures post biggest-ever weekly loss

Lumber futures posted their biggest-ever weekly loss, extending a tumble from all-time highs reached last month as sawmills [...]

France: Supply shortages, wood prices up 50%

A timber shortage in France has forced prices up as architects struggle to comply with a new environmental law that [...]

Wood demand could stay strong for the next decade, says Weyerhaeuser CEO

The home-building and renovation boom could keep wood demand strong for the next decade, the biggest U.S. lumber [...]

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 [...]

Global wood raw material supply is expected to tighten with through 2021

By the last quarter of 2020, timber demand was becoming excessive and record levels continued through Q1, 2021.    [...]