by Web Editor | Jan 4, 2017 | News
A recent annual competition promoted wood as a building material to the next generation of architects. The Timber in the City: Urban Habitats Competition was coordinated by the Binational Softwood Lumber Council (BSLC), the Association of Collegiate Schools of...
by Web Editor | Dec 28, 2016 | News
Canadian, U.S. Timber Markets See Same Issues In Different Ways Like a pair of fraternal twins, the timber markets of the United States and Canada don’t quite look identical. In the West, both sides cut conifers mainly for the U.S. housing market. The industries...
by Web Editor | Dec 21, 2016 | News
Maine’s Katahdin Forest Products Mulls Sawmill Expansion Katahdin Forest Products, the Oakfield-based maker of cedar log homes, is considering expanding its sawmill in Ashland at the same time that a lumber dispute between the U.S. and Canada leaves a cloud of...
by Web Editor | Dec 19, 2016 | News
Global trade of softwood lumber is forecasted to increase by almost 14% in 2016, driven by higher wood demand in China and the US, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. The World Trade Organization (WTO) reported in September that world trade will expand by only...
by Web Editor | Dec 14, 2016 | News
Trump’s ‘Get Tough’ Trade Plan Could Benefit Maine Lumber Industry Maine sawmills and timber harvesters could benefit if President-elect Donald Trump goes through with a draft plan to aggressively renegotiate trade terms for competing softwood lumber imported from...
by Web Editor | Dec 9, 2016 | News
In WOOD MARKETS’ new five-year Softwood Lumber Chapter forecast, U.S. duties on Canadian lumber exports to the U.S. are expected to cause short-term chaos after they are announced in early Q2/2017. This new development alone completely changes all previous outlooks as...
