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 | Jan 24, 2014 | News
Saskatchewan’s Carrier Forest Products Sawmill To Close A Saskatchewan sawmill is shutting down and its remaining 12 workers have been given layoff notices. Operations at Carrier Forest Products in the Prince Albert area are to cease entirely later this month. Shane...
by Web Editor | Jan 13, 2014 | News
The outlook for global lumber markets hinge on demand forces in the key consuming regions of the world. More specifically, it will be the lumber demand trends in the U.S., China and Western Europe that will shape global markets in 2014 and beyond. The following...
by Web Editor | Jan 10, 2014 | News
Market stability is returning for manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of North American forest products as U.S. housing starts have now found a floor, writes Keta Kosman in Madison’s Lumber Reporter. As of November 2013, housing starts in the U.S. passed...
by Web Editor | Nov 22, 2013 | News
U.S. lumber prices have firmed in recent months as rising housing starts have put pressure on lean inventories, creating a supply shortage that has yet to fully unwind, executives and industry experts told MNI. Some further gains can be expected in 2014 as the housing...
