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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Canfor to permanently close Vavenby sawmill; sells cutting rights to Interfor
Canadian Canfor Corporation announced today it will be closing its Vavenby sawmill in British Columbia this July following an orderly [...]
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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Canadian lumber giants in trouble: major production curtailments announced for this May
Major Canadian forestry products companies have announced sawmill production curtailments for the month of May. All complain about the surge [...]
May 2, 2019
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Interfor curtails lumber production at three of its sawmills in BC
Interfor Corp., one of Canada's leading lumber producers and among the largest lumber companies in the world, will curtail [...]
April 30, 2019
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Canada: Sawmill production falls into a lower gear
The recent lumber curtailments of major Canadian lumber producers, announced back in the fall and winter of 2018, have seriously [...]
March 7, 2019
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Canadian lumber giants face huge forestry sector crisis
Last week, Canfor Corp. announced that it temporarily curtailed operations at three of its sawmills in British Columbia, because of [...]
February 13, 2019
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Interfor boosts lumber shipments to China due to Chinese tariffs on US products
Interfor Corp. says the company has markedly increased lumber shipments from Canada to China as a result of tariffs imposed [...]
February 11, 2019
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The crisis of the Canadian lumber market might be over, says Resolute CEO
The decline of lumber prices in Canada is, most likely, over. Even if prices won’t rebound to this year [...]
November 5, 2018
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Interfor cuts production by 20% in BC Interior due to dropping lumber prices
Interfor Corp. says it plans to cut production by about 20 percent across its sawmills in the B.C. Interior [...]
October 15, 2018
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