by Web Editor | Mar 18, 2016 | News
Global trade of softwood lumber reached a 10-year high in 2015, with lumber prices trending downward in many key markets over the course of the year, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. A majority of the 20 largest softwood lumber-consuming countries in the world...
by Web Editor | Jan 22, 2016 | News
The U.S. Census Bureau & the Department of Housing & Urban Development released its December and total 2015 statistics on new residential starts in the U.S. There were no real surprises with the data, but predicting U.S. housing starts has been virtually...
by Web Editor | Aug 26, 2015 | News
It’s not just a buoyant day for equities (China excluded) on Tuesday. Yes, lumber prices are on the up, too. News of a rise in new home sales in the US last month has helped push lumber prices up 2.5 percent to $246.10 per 1000 board feet, writes Mamta Badkar....
by Web Editor | Jul 17, 2015 | News
A trend whereby B.C. forest products companies have been snapping up sawmills south of the border while shuttering plants here is likely to continue. That prediction, from a new Conference Board report, is part of a good news/bad news story about a sector contributing...
by Web Editor | Jul 8, 2015 | News
Spot lumber prices, as reported by the industry publication Random Lengths, headed lower in the final months of 2014 before tumbling in the first 4months of 2015. At the end of April, spot spruce pine fir (S-P-F) 2×4 #2&Btr mill prices stood at $249 per...