BC forest industry faces high operating costs and wave of sawmills closures
Softwood lumber prices soared 75% in recent weeks – but that won’t bring closed mills back As governments [...]
July 23, 2020
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COVID-19 has led to nearly 45 mill curtailments in BC
B.C.’s Forests Minister says almost two dozen mills in the province have had to curtail or shut down [...]
May 8, 2020
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Koskisen mills in Finland are running despite the coronavirus pandemic
Despite the emergency situation caused by the coronavirus, everyday life at Koskisen production plants is still close to normal. Logs [...]
April 22, 2020
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Norbord’s European panel mills post a 17% growth in Q1/2019
Wood-based panels producer Norbord’s European operations reported a 17% growth in Q1, 2019 adjusted [...]
May 7, 2019
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Canfor to curtail operations at all British Columbia dimension mills; citing low lumber prices
Canfor Corporation will be temporarily curtailing operations at all British Columbia dimension mills effective April 29, 2019 due to low [...]
April 25, 2019
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IKEA to conduct an audit at Kronospan’s Polish mills
The IKEA Group will conduct at the Polish mills of the Austrian company Kronospan, which is a supplier of the [...]
January 22, 2019
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Boise Cascade ceases LVL production at Roxboro; completes sale of two lumber mills
Boise Cascade Company announced the 60-day notice of a permanent curtailment of its laminated veneer lumber (LVL) production at [...]
November 7, 2018
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India: Plywood mills prepare for impact of tax on competiveness
Indian millers report supplies of logs and veneers are improving. Mills in Northern India are ramping up production and the [...]
May 8, 2017
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Lumber sales in the US slowed down at the end of April
Trading in framing lumber was slow, as buyers and sellers first awaited the preliminary determination in the countervailing duty case [...]
May 2, 2017
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Rising sawmill stocks signal weak demand in South Africa
Local analysts report the South African timber market is currently subdued and that this is borne out by the high [...]
March 28, 2017
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