Louisiana-Pacific to shut down OSB mill in BC
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) is the latest company to join a growing list of lumber producers who are curtailing mill [...]
June 17, 2019
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Europe’s “zero deforestation” policies: an opportunity for tropical timber?
Increasingly the twin concepts of “zero deforestation” and “embodied deforestation” lie at the heart of European policy making, both in [...]
June 17, 2019
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US lumber prices pick up after weeks of decline
Additional and significant curtailments announced in British Columbia jolted the framing lumber market out of a five-week losing streak [...]
June 17, 2019
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Sonae-Arauco to cease laminate operations in Horn, Germany
GHP Glunz Holzwerkstoffproduktions - GmbH (“GHP”) intends to cease all operations at its Horn Bad Meinberg site in Germany by the [...]
June 14, 2019
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Sweden: Collapse in softwood lumber exports to China compensated with booming deliveries to Egypt
Sweden increased softwood lumber exports to Egypt by 68.2% y-o-y in first quarter 2019 to 365.6 [...]
June 14, 2019
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Boise Cascade to expand plywood plant in South Carolina
Boise Cascade Company will expand its existing operations in Chester County, South Carolina. The engineered wood products and plywood maker [...]
June 14, 2019
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Norbord to permanently close OSB mill in BC due to supply pressure and beetle epidemic
Norbord Inc. has announced its intention to indefinitely curtail production at its oriented strand board (OSB) mill in 100 Mile [...]
June 14, 2019
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UPM’s sawmills are running at full speed
UPM Timber welcomed Aki Temmes, 41, to the position of Senior Vice President of Business in late April. He transferred [...]
June 14, 2019
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Södra expands drying capabillity in Sweden to address bottleneck and prepare for new CLT facility
Södra chose Heinola to supply new Progressive kilns for the sawmill in Värö, Sweden. Heinola will deliver two [...]
June 14, 2019
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Canadian softwood lumber production falls 8.6% in Q1/2019, driven by 14.7% decline in BC’s output
Sawmills in Canada produced 6.382 bbf in the first three months, down 8.6% from 6.985 bbf a [...]
June 13, 2019
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