N. American wood industry giants announce more production curtailments in response to coronavirus
Wood business companies in North America are responding to the threats of the coronavirus pandemic. Here is a tracking of [...]
March 27, 2020
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Sweden’s Sodra to extend production stoppages at its sawmills due to spruce bark beetle infestation
Södra has decided to extend production stoppages at its sawmills during the Christmas and New Year period. The move [...]
November 11, 2019
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Video: BC curtailments don’t impact retail prices
Despite several curtailments for different BC lumber producers, the impacts of them have yet to be felt in the retail [...]
October 18, 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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New production curtailments in BC announced by Sinclar Group
In another hit to the B.C. forest industry, the Sinclar Group announced temporary production curtailments at lumber operations in [...]
August 2, 2019
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US lumber prices keep to fall as no major production curtailment in BC announced
The measured pace in US framing lumber trading that began in early July persisted into the latter part of the [...]
July 29, 2019
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Canfor to further reduce production in BC
The curtailments will reduce Canfor’s annual production output by approximately 400 million board feet. Canfor Corporation announced [...]
July 19, 2019
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West Fraser announces curtailments in Alberta
Today, West Fraser announced a temporary, two-week suspension of production at its Alberta Plywood operations and High Prairie sawmill [...]
July 1, 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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More curtailments in BC announced by Canfor and Western Forest Products
Canadian Canfor Corporation announced it will be curtailing operations at all British Columbia sawmills, except WynnWood. The majority of mills [...]
June 12, 2019
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