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...
by Web Editor | Feb 27, 2015 | News
At first blush, year-end financials and stock prices for B.C.’s largest forest companies would suggest the province’s forestry sector is well on the road to recovery after a decade-long slump. Interfor Corp., for example, posted record sales of $1.4 billion in 2014...
by Web Editor | Aug 8, 2014 | News
Resolute Forest Products Inc. (RFP), the world’s largest newsprint maker, is seeking to reduce its reliance on the low-grade paper by expanding its Canadian solid wood-products business into the U.S. Already North America’s fifth-largest lumber producer, Resolute has...
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 | Feb 21, 2014 | News
As brutal weather patterns continued across the most populated parts of North America, lumber and panel traders reported mostly flat prices on solid wood commodities, writes Keta Kosman, publisher of Madison’s Lumber Reporter. Most commonly-traded dimensions...