North American lumber production on a downward trend; Canadian output drops by 10%
U.S. sawmills produced 14.647 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first five months of 2019 [...]
August 12, 2019
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Overview of the Canadian wood pellet industry
The Canadian wood pellet industry is export-oriented with high production capacity and exports far exceeding domestic demand [...]
August 5, 2019
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British Columbia’s lumber production expected to drop 22% by 2023
By 2023, the B.C. Interior’s harvest will be 20 per cent lower than it was before the mountain [...]
July 8, 2019
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Skyrocketing lumber prices in US as Canadian curtailments crisis escalates
News broke last Monday of another mill closure in British Columbia, which shifted trading in most framing lumber species to [...]
June 24, 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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Canada has filed appeal against WTO’s April ruling in softwood lumber dispute with US
Canada has appealed against a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel ruling in a case it lost in April that would [...]
June 10, 2019
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How many BC sawmills have taken downtime so far?
Hardly a week goes by that we’re not hearing of new sawmill curtailments or closures in B.C. For [...]
June 5, 2019
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Canadian lumber industry struggles with trade disputes and climate change
The Canadian softwood lumber industry has to handle two of the biggest challenges in its history [...]
June 4, 2019
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Interfor curtails production in BC Interior due to low lumber prices and high log costs
Interfor announced plans to temporarily reduce production across its operating platform in the BC Interior during [...]
May 29, 2019
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US lumber prices rise sharply amid sawmill curtailments in BC
Lumber prices continued their sharp climb in June after North America’s largest producer said it would close one mill [...]
May 21, 2019
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