by Web Editor | Feb 27, 2015 | News
At first blush, year-end financials and stock prices for B.C.’s largest forest companies would suggest the province’s forestry sector is well on the road to recovery after a decade-long slump. Interfor Corp., for example, posted record sales of $1.4 billion in 2014...
by Web Editor | Jun 23, 2014 | News
An increase in U.S. housing construction is expected to significantly raise lumber prices by the end of the year, offsetting the depressing effect China’s recent downturn in property investment has had on lumber demand. Capital Economics, a London-based...
by Web Editor | May 6, 2013 | News
North American mills are sawing lumber at the fastest pace in six years after a recovering U.S. housing market, a beetle infestation in Canada and increasing Chinese demand drove the biggest price surge in two decades. About 55.5 billion of the industry’s standard...