Chinese flooring giant invests big in Georgia
Chinese flooring manufacturing giant Create Flooring Solutions (CFL) will invest $70 million in a new 252,000-square-foot manufacturing [...]
July 2, 2020
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US softwood lumber prices stabilize; inventories weak
After a wild ride down then up over the past few months, most standard construction framing dimension softwood lumber prices [...]
June 18, 2020
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Hardwood industry to propose COVID-19 relief policies to U.S. Senate
The Hardwood Federation has proposed several policies to the U.S. Senate regarding hardwood workers and companies hurt [...]
June 17, 2020
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US says plywood imports from Vietnam may circumvent duties on Chinese goods
The United States on Wednesday said it would examine whether hardwood plywood imports completed in Vietnam using Chinese components are [...]
June 15, 2020
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US companies testify against certifying unsafe plywood from Brazil
Product Advisory notices have been sent to importers, Building Code Associations and Homebuilder Associations throughout the U.S. warning against [...]
June 12, 2020
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Upward trend in lumber prices reversed due to civil unrest in US
Sales of Western-Spruce-Pine-Fir construction framing dimension softwood lumber in the United States took a step back last [...]
June 11, 2020
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Softwood lumber production in U.S. rises 5.2% in Jan.-Mar. 2020
U.S. sawmills in the first three months of 2020 produced 9.161 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber [...]
June 11, 2020
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US lumber prices continue to rise but sales volumes were unsteady
Sawmills across North America looked toward the end of summer after mid-May, as lumber prices continued to rise but [...]
June 2, 2020
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Wood pellet sector in US well-positioned for the post-pandemic period
The wood pellet sector in US has many advantages that other sectors might envy as they, too, navigate business during [...]
June 1, 2020
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Lumber prices see surprise win as Americans renovate homes
Lumber futures are heading for their second-straight monthly gain at a time when gloom from the coronavirus pandemic was [...]
June 1, 2020
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