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 | Aug 28, 2013 | News
One of the more interesting phenomena of today’s world is the insulation we have from the source of our sustenance, or raw materials. Many modern folk would have a hard time explaining where the natural gas in their home comes from, or how bread is made, or even...
by Web Editor | May 13, 2013 | News
U.S. lumber prices are falling in response to a late, cold spring in some parts of the country, and to a sharp first-quarter production increase by mills that may have overestimated gains in housing starts, lumber industry participants said. By early May, industry...
by Web Editor | Mar 13, 2013 | News
Greg Turner hoisted himself up with a rope from an unlighted 20-foot pit in an abandoned mine in Durham, Pennsylvania. His task of counting bats didn’t take long — just seven where five years ago there were 4,000. “There’s nobody home, basically, at this point,”...
by Web Editor | Mar 6, 2013 | News
Hundreds of sawmill representatives gathered in Portland Monday for a trade association meeting. Thanks to a recovering housing market, the U.S. demand for lumber is increasing. Last year, sawmills in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho sold about 10 percent more lumber....
