by Web Editor | Jun 23, 2014 | News
An increase in U.S. housing construction is expected to significantly raise lumber prices by the end of the year, offsetting the depressing effect China’s recent downturn in property investment has had on lumber demand. Capital Economics, a London-based...
by Web Editor | Jun 6, 2014 | News
Log exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska increased by just under 2 percent in volume to 466 million board feet in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the fourth quarter of 2013, the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station...
by Web Editor | May 6, 2013 | News
North American mills are sawing lumber at the fastest pace in six years after a recovering U.S. housing market, a beetle infestation in Canada and increasing Chinese demand drove the biggest price surge in two decades. About 55.5 billion of the industry’s standard...