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Canadian Pinnacle doesn’t expect wood pellet demand to be affected by coronavirus

From an economic perspective, Pinnacle does not expect demand for pellets to be impacted as the company has long-term [...]

March 24, 2020

U.S. softwood lumber production up 1.2% in 2019; Canadian output down sharply

U.S. sawmills in 2019 produced 35.319 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in 2019, up 1.2 [...]

March 10, 2020

British Columbia forest sector’s problems not solved by reduced duties

News the U.S. government plans to reduce duties on Canadian softwood lumber is good for B.C. lumber producers [...]

February 10, 2020

Canadian lumber giants’ shares rise on news that the U.S. will greatly reduce softwood lumber duties

News that the U.S. could reduce duties on Canadian softwood lumber, have increased the Canadian lumber companies [...]

February 6, 2020

Europe surpasses Canada to become China’s second softwood lumber supplier

Europe is now the second softwood lumber supplier to China; with a 60% yoy increase in deliveries. [...]

February 6, 2020

US Dept. of Commerce rules tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber could be greatly reduced

Canadian softwood producers are getting a surprise break from the United States. US Department of Commerce [...]

February 5, 2020

Is 2020 going to be as horrible as 2019 for B.C. sawmills?

For B.C. sawmills and loggers, 2019 was an annus horribilis that they can only hope is not repeated in [...]

January 13, 2020

Slight decline in U.S. softwood lumber production for Jan.-Oct. 2019

U.S. sawmills produced 29.909 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first 10 months of 2019 [...]

January 7, 2020

New NAFTA deal signed, N. American softwood lumber prices hold steady

A significant uncertainty for North American business owners was resolved today as Canada, the U.S., and Mexico signed the [...]

December 11, 2019

Russia surpasses Canada and becomes world’s largest softwood lumber exporter in 2019

Russia has surpassed Canada to become the world’s largest exporter of softwood lumber in 2019 and is on track [...]

December 9, 2019

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