by Web Editor | Nov 6, 2013 | News
Ohio’s Carter Lumber To Close 26 Stores, Focus On Growth In Larger Markets Kent, Ohio based Carter Lumber announced that it was closing 26 stores as the building materials supplier focuses on growing in its larger markets. The 26 stores are in 23 markets — including...
by Web Editor | Nov 4, 2013 | News
Lumber traders struggled back to their desks Monday morning after an epic North American Wholesale Lumbermen’s Association AGM in Las Vegas, NV, last week to discover very weak field inventories, rising lumber prices and continued strong demand, writes Keta...
by Web Editor | Nov 1, 2013 | News
The head of West Fraser Timber warned Tuesday that demand for lumber can be volatile through the winter as the recovery in the U.S. housing market continues to be slow. Lumber prices were up in the third quarter, helping boost the Vancouver-based company’s...
by Web Editor | Oct 28, 2013 | News
Plans by West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. and Canfor Corp. to close sawmills in the interior have raised concerns that B.C. lumber output in the region will lag demand driven by a rebound in the U.S. housing market. B.C. interior sawmills operated by firms such as West...
by Web Editor | Oct 21, 2013 | News
The United Steelworkers (USW) union today called for greater support for American lumber workers in response to a report from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) demonstrating how wood is illegally harvested abroad and sold in the United States. The troubling...
by Web Editor | Oct 18, 2013 | News
With the fear of lumber shortages as strong as the outlook for 2014, lumber sales should hold steady through year-end even as North American manufacturing winds down for the winter. Global consumer confidence will also get a boost as the U.S. debt default is...