by Web Editor | Jan 6, 2017 | News
If it’s true that business hates uncertainty, then the B.C. forest industry is in for some ill feeling in 2017. Finding opportunity in the face of that uncertainty is the challenge for the coming year. The biggest challenge comes from the United States, which has...
by Web Editor | Dec 9, 2016 | News
In WOOD MARKETS’ new five-year Softwood Lumber Chapter forecast, U.S. duties on Canadian lumber exports to the U.S. are expected to cause short-term chaos after they are announced in early Q2/2017. This new development alone completely changes all previous outlooks as...
by Web Editor | Dec 21, 2015 | News
New WOOD MARKETS five-year forecast calls for continued volatility as North American and global lumber markets continue to recover and grow. In WOOD MARKETS’ new five-year forecast, the short-term outlook is that North American and global economies, as well as...
by Web Editor | Apr 1, 2015 | News
Canadian Lumber Companies Boost U.S. Mill Activity As Domestic Production Wanes Canada’s top lumber companies, struggling to make two-by-fours from trees killed by the mountain pine beetle, made less lumber at home in 2014, but made up for it by increasing production...