US lumber prices post all-time weekly drop
Lumber futures posted their biggest-ever weekly loss, extending a tumble from all-time highs reached last month as sawmills [...]
June 14, 2021
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Strong lumber markets in N. America and Europe push up sawlog prices
The strong lumber markets in North America and Europe resulted in higher sawlog prices in most parts of the world [...]
June 14, 2021
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Austria: Wood industry sees rising sawn timber and roundwood prices amid delivery bottlenecks
Despite the COVID restrictions, the wood industry in Austria got through the 2020 pandemic year well. The almost 1,300 [...]
June 14, 2021
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Resolute Forest Products to invest $50 million in its sawmills
Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced additional capital investments of $50 million in its wood products operations to support its continued [...]
June 14, 2021
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France: Supply shortages, wood prices up 50% puts construction industry in difficulty
A timber shortage in France has forced prices up as architects struggle to comply with a new environmental law that [...]
June 10, 2021
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Wood demand could stay strong for the next decade, says US biggest lumber producer
The home-building and renovation boom could keep wood demand strong for the next decade, the biggest U.S. lumber [...]
June 10, 2021
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North America: Sawmill orders shrinking a sign that lumber prices might fall soon
As May rolled into June and following the dual long weekends of Victoria Day in Canada and Memorial Day in [...]
June 10, 2021
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Canfor to build a new sawmill in Louisiana
Canfor Corporation today announced it will invest approximately $160 million USD to build a new, state-of-the-art sawmill [...]
June 8, 2021
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N. American lumber price rally seems to stall; historically high levels expected through 2022
The unprecedented rally in the lumber market has begun to falter, but industry analysts expect lumber prices to remain at [...]
June 8, 2021
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Wood raw material shortages are widespread in US
More than 90% of US homebuilders report a shortage of lumber, OSB, and appliances. The National [...]
June 8, 2021
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