by Web Editor | Dec 31, 2012 | News
After four years of being the forgotten commodity, lumber is back in the spotlight, named Scotiabank’s top pick for investors for the coming year. “The investment sentiment has changed,” said Patricia Mohr, vice-president of economics and a...
by Web Editor | Sep 10, 2012 | News
The North American lumber market has, to a large extent, been a buyers market since the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008, but is now shifting to a sellers market with the increase in demand for lumber by the huge U.S. market. In May, lumber consumption in the...
by Web Editor | Apr 20, 2012 | News
Results of a multi‐client benchmarking study show that in spite of operational improvements, dimension lumber mills in the U.S. West have struggled to overcome the narrowing gap between log prices and lumber selling values. The study included 10 dimension lumber...
by Web Editor | Dec 9, 2011 | News
Canfor Announces Permanent Closure Of Rustad and Tackama Mills After a lengthy indefinite shutdown that followed the collapse of the United States residential housing market in 2008, Canfor Corporation has decided to close its historic Rustad Sawmill in Prince George,...
