by Web Editor | Aug 7, 2017 | News
Canada would cap its U.S. market share at 30 percent, in an effort to settle the softwood lumber trade dispute, with the U.S. supplying the remainder. But resolving what happens if it can’t make up the balance may be keeping an agreement from being reached. The...
by Web Editor | Aug 4, 2017 | News
Lumber supplier Pope Resources says a new sawmill in Washington and diminished imports of Canadian logs are driving up its prices. “Log markets in our operating regions are strong due to a multitude of demand and supply factors,” said Tom Ringo, President...
by Web Editor | Aug 2, 2017 | News
Canada and the United States must chop down one big, remaining impediment to a deal on softwood lumber and this obstacle involves wood from neither country but from other places: Germany, Sweden, Chile, Brazil and Russia. This irritant over distant imports is...
by Web Editor | Jul 28, 2017 | News
After A Period Of Quiet Time, Canadian Buyout Of SYP Mills Resumes West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has entered into an agreement to acquire the operations of the Gilman Companies from the Howard Gilman Foundation and other shareholders for approximately US$430 million....
by Web Editor | Jul 26, 2017 | News
Seven members of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday called the Trump administration to set quotas on Canadian softwood lumber and closely consult with Congress during negotiations of a final agreement. Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)...
by Web Editor | Jul 24, 2017 | News
Arnold Curtis established Northwest Hardwoods (NWH) in 1967 by creating a single alder mill in Arlington, Washington. With his vision, he set out to transform the under-appreciated alder tree into the high quality lumber product that it is today. Along the way, Curtis...
