Georgia-Pacific to invest $70 million for upgrades at its plywood and lumber mill in Arkansas
Georgia-Pacific is investing $70 million for upgrades to its plywood and lumber operations in Gurdon, Arkansas. [...]
September 17, 2019
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Weyerhaeuser to sell its Michigan timberlands for US$ 300 million
Weyerhaeuser Company announced an agreement to sell its 555,000 acres of Michigan timberlands to Lyme Great Lakes Holding LLC [...]
September 17, 2019
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Global softwood lumber trade unexpectedly rises 5% in H1/2019; with record imports in China
Demand for lumber in China, the United Kingdom, Egypt and the Netherlands increased this year despite a slowdown in the [...]
September 17, 2019
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British Columbia’s forestry industry crisis is worsening
British Columbia's forestry industry is going through a deeper crisis, led mostly by high log prices and low timber [...]
September 16, 2019
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Tolko to curtail BC lumber mill indefinitely; citing high log costs and poor market conditions
Tolko Industries announced that, due to continued high log costs and poor North American market conditions, it will curtail its [...]
September 16, 2019
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Global plywood industry hit by US-China trade war and slowdown of Chinese economy
The global plywood industry is currently affected by the US-China trade war and the slowdown of China's economy [...]
September 11, 2019
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US softwood price movements remain flat
The first full back-to-work / school week for September 2019 did not bode well for [...]
September 11, 2019
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Drop in U.S. lumber production; Canadian output hit hard
U.S. sawmills in the first six months of 2019 produced 17.602 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber [...]
September 10, 2019
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West Fraser to reduce lumber production capacity in B.C. up to 25%
West Fraser announced it will introduce variable operating schedules at five of its British Columbia sawmills that will result in [...]
September 10, 2019
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Trends in global pellet prices and trade
The global wood pellets market revenue amounted to $5,359.9B in 2018, rising by 6.8% against the previous [...]
September 10, 2019
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