International Softwood Conference coming up in October
Registration is now open for the 70th International Softwood Conference (ISC) taking place this year in Copenhagen on October 12 [...]
August 17, 2022
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Dramatic decline in China’s softwood log imports in H1/2022
China’s log imports in the first half of 2022 totaled 22.38 million cubic meters valued at US$4 [...]
August 16, 2022
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N. American lumber futures bounce back as Canada cuts output
West Fraser shutters 2.5% of its North America capacity Lumber prices [...]
August 15, 2022
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US Commerce Department rules Vietnam circumvented hardwood plywood duties
The Department of Commerce has ruled that hardwood plywood assembled and exported from Vietnam used Chinese core materials. After examining [...]
August 15, 2022
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U.S. imposed a 35% tariff on Russian wood products
Starting from July 27, the United States imposed a 35% tariff on 570 items of goods imported from Russia, including [...]
August 15, 2022
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Wood-pellet market booms amid Ukraine war
The wood-pellet market is on fire. War has cut off the supply of compressed-wood [...]
August 10, 2022
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B.C.’s big 3 lumber giants still making good profits
B.C.’s big three forestry giants had lumber and other wood product sales of $6.5 billion in the [...]
August 10, 2022
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West Fraser Timber to cut production capacity at three mills in Canada
West Fraser Timber is permanently curtailing approximately 170 million board feet of combined production at its Fraser Lake and Williams [...]
August 10, 2022
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Canada to challenge US lumber duties
Canada’s government said it will challenge US duties on softwood lumber, saying the tariffs have caused “unjustified harm” to [...]
August 8, 2022
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Drax increases stake in B.C. wood-pellet industry to 78%
The United-Kingdom-based power producer Drax Group Plc is increasing its hold on British Columbia’s wood-pellet industry [...]
August 8, 2022
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