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Global Lumber Industry On Pace For A Record-Breaking Year

Global softwood lumber production is on pace to break the record set in 2015. That production is being driven in large part because the top 10 importing countries increased lumber imports during 2016’s first quarter. Global production is up 20% in the year’s first...

WorkSafeBC Revises Rules, Cracks Down On Sawmills

B.C. forest companies face new, prescriptive regulations that define how much sawdust can settle in a wood-products plant before it is considered a hazard, almost two years after the deaths of four workers in sawmill explosions. The new regime has been rolled out in...

China Still Buying As U.S. Lumber Market Bounces Back

The recent visit by the Council of Forest Industries brought out some of the industry’s heaviest hitters, and also the news that U.S. lumber markets continue to bounce back. It was acknowledged by COFI board chair Nick Arkle that China’s arrival as a...

Canadian Lumber Producers Angry Over Rail Bottlenecks

Canadian Lumber Producers Angry Over Rail Bottlenecks Canada’s lumber producers ought to be enjoying the fruits of a U.S. housing recovery. Trouble is, they can’t take full advantage of it. The forestry companies say that a shortage of rail cars is causing them to...