Mercer offers US$ 26 million opening bid for Klausner Lumber One
Mercer International has offered a $26 million stalking horse bid for bankrupt lumber producer Klausner Lumber One LLC’s assets [...]
August 20, 2020
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New record wood product prices boost shares for Canadian lumber producers
New record high prices for lumber and wood panel products thanks to continuing robust demand from renovation and new home [...]
August 20, 2020
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Softwood lumber prices continue to rise further as North American housing starts break records
Softwood lumber prices just kept climbing last week as Canadian housing starts and home prices for July broke records. US [...]
August 20, 2020
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Europe lumber suppliers to US benefit from record prices
The prices of exported lumber from Europe to the United States has doubled for European suppliers since mid-April. With [...]
August 18, 2020
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Downward trend in Russian sawn timber prices persists
The Russian sawn timber market has remained challenging for both traders and distributors in June, with wholesale prices still at [...]
August 18, 2020
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BC forest industry going full-tilt due to record-breaking lumber prices
Finally, some good news for B.C.’s forestry sector. After hundreds of jobs were lost and a number of [...]
August 17, 2020
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Skyrocketing lumber prices threaten the US economy
As the US fights to rebound from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, housing — the one bright spot for [...]
August 17, 2020
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China current wood imports and inventories
Softwood log stocks at China’s main ocean ports totalled 4.44 million m3 at the end of June 2020 [...]
August 17, 2020
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Softwood lumber prices at record highs in North America
North American softwood lumber manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, buyers, and end-users alike agree that this current supply-demand situation, and [...]
August 13, 2020
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COVID-19 pandemic expected to further slow the global construction activity
Global construction activity contracted across all region in Q2 due to the lockdowns to control the spread of the COVID [...]
August 11, 2020
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