Louisiana-Pacific to close OSB mill in BC
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) is the latest company to join a growing list of lumber producers [...]
June 24, 2019
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Massive curtailments in BC push US softwood lumber prices up
Additional and significant curtailments announced in British Columbia jolted the framing lumber market out of a five-week losing streak [...]
June 24, 2019
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Sonae-Arauco ceases laminate operations in Horn, Germany
GHP Glunz Holzwerkstoffproduktions - GmbH (“GHP”) intends to cease all operations at its Horn Bad Meinberg site [...]
June 24, 2019
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Boise Cascade expands plywood plant in South Carolina
Boise Cascade Company will expand its existing operations in Chester County, South Carolina. The engineered wood products and plywood maker [...]
June 24, 2019
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Norbord to permanently close OSB mill in BC
Norbord Inc. has announced its intention to indefinitely curtail production at its oriented strand board (OSB [...]
June 24, 2019
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Current trends in the Russian wood product industry
The Russian wood product industry is one of the world’s most dynamic ones thanks to [...]
June 19, 2019
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Chinese tariffs hit the US forest supply chain
The US trade and tariff war with China that has been reignited in recent weeks is directly impacting American log [...]
June 19, 2019
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Green plywood solution developed in China
A "non-added formaldehyde" polyurethane adhesive plywood continuous press automatic production line solution has been developed [...]
June 18, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / China
Brazilian plywood producers worried by fall in exports
Exports of Brazilian plywood to the United States increased by more than 30 percent between 2017 [...]
June 18, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / South America
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 [...]
June 18, 2019
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