Lumber production in North America drops, while Canadian output goes 10% down
U.S. sawmills produced 14.647 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first [...]
August 21, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Jim Pattinson makes offer to take over Canfor
Jim Pattison's Great Pacific Capital Corp. has made an offer to buy the rest of Canfor Corp. it does [...]
August 21, 2019
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Falling softwood lumber in US
The measured pace in US framing lumber trading that began in early July persisted into the latter part of the [...]
August 5, 2019
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US lumber prices start to drop after weeks of growth
After several weeks of consistent growth, the US lumber prices fell quite considerably last week. On average, lumber prices fell [...]
July 31, 2019
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Canfor announces new production curtailments
Canfor Corporation announced further capacity reductions at two of its British Columbia sawmills with an indefinite [...]
July 30, 2019
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China sharply reduces imports of Russian logs and boosts imports of lumber
In January-May, log imports to China from Russia declined 26.2% y-o-y to [...]
July 17, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Russia
Binderholz to double sales to the US market
Austrian Binderholz is planning to boost its US business through a holding company established specifically for this purpose [...]
July 17, 2019
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Chinese softwood lumber imports went 17% up during Jan.-May 2019
In January-May 2019, China increased softwood lumber imports by 17.1% year-on-year to 11.6 million m3 [...]
July 10, 2019
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Lumber prices in the US keep on going up through the end of June
The frenzied pace of trading in many US framing lumber species in recent weeks gave way [...]
July 10, 2019
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Conifex sells Fort St. James sawmill to Hampton Lumber
Conifex Timber Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement with Hampton Lumber for the sale of [...]
July 2, 2019
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