by Web Editor | Jan 13, 2014 | News
The outlook for global lumber markets hinge on demand forces in the key consuming regions of the world. More specifically, it will be the lumber demand trends in the U.S., China and Western Europe that will shape global markets in 2014 and beyond. The following...
by Web Editor | Jan 10, 2014 | News
Market stability is returning for manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of North American forest products as U.S. housing starts have now found a floor, writes Keta Kosman in Madison’s Lumber Reporter. As of November 2013, housing starts in the U.S. passed...
by Web Editor | Jan 8, 2014 | News
Conifex Timber Announces Acquisition Of Lignum Forest Products Conifex Timber Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Lignum Forest Products LLP, a private partnership which operates a lumber marketing and distribution...
by Web Editor | Jan 6, 2014 | News
The Weekly Hardwood Review Leading Hardwood Demand Indicator (LHDI)—a forecast of future demand for U.S. hardwood lumber based on residential and commercial construction, import/export trends, inflation levels, and job markets—declined to a nine-month low of 112.1 for...
by Web Editor | Jan 3, 2014 | News
Southwestern Nova Scotia sawmills are running out of logs and need truckloads of timber from the former Bowater timberlands. And the clock is ticking with winter snows followed by spring weight restrictions likely to close roads to heavy logging trucks. “We have to...
by Web Editor | Dec 20, 2013 | News
Canfor Southern Pine To Expand South Carolina Lumber Facility Due to increased global demand for southern yellow pine lumber, Canfor Southern Pine is expanding its existing operations in Darlington County. The $8 million investment is expected to generate 50 new jobs...
