Canfor extends sawmill curtailments in BC
Canfor Corporation will extend sawmill curtailments in British Columbia (B.C.) due to ongoing weak market conditions and the lack [...]
January 9, 2023
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US lumber prices continue to fall despite low inventories
Wood-pricing service Random Lengths said that its framing-lumber composite index dropped in the last week of 2022 to [...]
January 5, 2023
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Tolko extends B.C. shutdowns due to weak markets
Tolko Industries has announced that as of January 2, 2023, its Soda Creek and Armstrong Lumber operations in B.C [...]
January 5, 2023
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Germany: Wood price evolution for 2023 still uncertain
Due to the fact that more people are using firewood during the energy crisis, prices are also rising in Rhineland [...]
January 3, 2023
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Swedish sawmills are unexpectedly strong due to high US demand
One of the explanations for the unexpected strength in a currently declining wood products economy is how much wood products [...]
December 26, 2022
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China: Hopes that Covid restriction easing would bring back wood demand
Several major Chinese banks have adopted a government led 16-point rescue plan to extend billions to struggling private developers [...]
December 19, 2022
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US homebuilders buy time with huge backlogs
The US housing market has fallen off a cliff, but for now, homebuilders are biding their time. As bad as [...]
December 19, 2022
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Lumber futures rise on more Canadian sawmill curtailments
US lumber futures rose by the most allowed by exchange rules following Canfor's announcement that it would further curtail [...]
December 13, 2022
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Sweden’s sawmills expected to further reduce capacity in 2023
In its latest Forestry Report for 2022, Handelsbanken looks back on the year and writes what [...]
December 13, 2022
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North American lumber prices expected to rise next year
The weak market conditions that prompted Canfor's announcement this week of production curtailments at its B.C. and Alberta [...]
December 12, 2022
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