by Web Editor | Jul 9, 2014 | News
North American lumber supplies and prices could be affected by a ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada granting the Tsilhqot’in First Nation title claim on land in central British Columbia. The decision, handed down June 26, gives the group exclusive right to...
by Web Editor | Jun 25, 2014 | News
Interfor To Shut Down Two Washington Operations Citing Market Conditions Citing tough market conditions and a challenging fiber supply, Interfor announced Tuesday that it will curtail operations at its Beaver sawmill and at its planer in Forks. The Beaver operation...
by Web Editor | Mar 24, 2014 | News
The bitter winter froze homebuilders to start the year, but analysts and lumber producers expect demand to bounce back. Housing starts fell to an annual rate of 907,000 nationwide in February, down two-tenths of a percentage point from the January estimate, the U.S....
by Web Editor | Dec 4, 2013 | News
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 China, Japan and the Caribbean to structure...
by Web Editor | Nov 4, 2013 | News
Lumber traders struggled back to their desks Monday morning after an epic North American Wholesale Lumbermen’s Association AGM in Las Vegas, NV, last week to discover very weak field inventories, rising lumber prices and continued strong demand, writes Keta...
