U.S. lumber prices are getting chopped after notching seven-month highs, as the market hunkers down for a seasonal decline in construction and expected higher production next year. But demand for U.S. boards and planks from…
Fueled by increased demand from China, log and lumber exports from the West Coast are on the rise, according to a study released this week. The value and volume of lumber exports from Washington, Oregon,…
Rick R. Holley is CEO of a real estate investment trust that owns about 6.3 million acres in 19 states, including 720,000 acres in 22 counties in Arkansas. Before becoming CEO of Plum Creek Timber…
The weather up until last week was helping the rebuild of Lakeland Mills. The ground on the new mill was broken on July 22 and so far no major hiccups have occurred, as the first…
U.S. lumber prices have firmed in recent months as rising housing starts have put pressure on lean inventories, creating a supply shortage that has yet to fully unwind, executives and industry experts told MNI. Some…
Stella-Jones Inc. today announced that it has completed, through its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries, the acquisition of substantially all of the operating assets employed in the businesses of Arizona Pacific Wood Preserving, Inc., Nevada Wood Preserving,…
Weyerhaeuser Co. officials said Wednesday they are hiring new employees across all sectors of the company’s Longview operations to meet rising domestic and export demand and to replace an aging workforce. At a community leaders’…
Weyerhaeuser Company this week joined 25 of the world’s leading forest products companies in announcing the need to significantly scale up sustainable forest management. Weyerhaeuser and the 25 other members of the World Business Council…