by Web Editor | Aug 14, 2013 | News
In 2012 and especially in Q1/2013, U.S.-based sawmills led all 32 global countries and regions surveyed in financial earnings, mainly from improved demand, a run up in lumber prices and from low log costs. This also meant that North American mills (including Canada)...
by Web Editor | Mar 27, 2013 | News
“Top 20” Lumber Producers Report Indicates Renewed Industry Optimism The latest Wood Markets annual survey of the “top 20” Canadian and U.S. softwood lumber producers shows an uneven trend across North America for 2012: U.S. softwood lumber production increased 6.3%...
by Web Editor | Mar 11, 2013 | News
There’s no way North American stud lumber sawmills will be able to keep up with the recovering U.S. housing market, new research being compiled by the International Wood Markets Group shows. The shortage of studs — boards used to frame walls in residential houses — is...
by Web Editor | Jan 16, 2013 | News
A new five-year outlook shows that supply and demand conditions in wood products for the long-awaited ‘super-cycle’ are now taking hold, with the full impact still some 3+ years away. With the return of a demand-driven wood products market in 2012 – due to rapidly...
by Web Editor | Mar 23, 2012 | News
The latest Wood Markets annual survey of the “top 20” Canadian and U.S. lumber producers shows that West Fraser Timber has retained its title of being North America’s largest softwood lumber producer in 2011 with 4.91 billion board feet (bf; or 7.8 million m3 net)....