Category: Lumber News

  • 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement Expiry

    As first published in your Madison’s Lumber Reporter September 25, 2014, the 2006 Canada-US Softwood Lumber Agreement expires in a year. So far the apparent position of Canada is simply to renew as is, even though the US Lumber Coalition has already said it has grave concerns about key points of the Agreement and does…

  • BC Forest Products Exports, Lumber Prices: Aug and Oct 2014

    BC Forest Products Exports, Lumber Prices: Aug and Oct 2014 BC Forest Products Exports, Lumber Prices: Aug and Oct 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter

  • Port Metro Vancouver

    This past spring about 1,300 union and non-union container truckers withdrew their services at British Columbia’s biggest port, in Vancouver, complaining of long wait times to pick up and drop off containers and the undercutting of rates. The 28-day strike was resolved at the end of March but it took almost six weeks to resolve…

  • Lumber futures bounce on improved U.S. housing numbers

    MADISON’S WEEKLY LUMBER MARKET UPDATE AND OVERVIEW Provided by: Madison’s Lumber Reporter www.madisonsreport.com Mainstream news developments once again overshadowed North American lumber and panel trading this week as the entire nation of Canada was shocked when a lunatic tried to shoot up the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, ON, Wednesday. Conspiracy theories and fears of terrorism…

  • Wooden Skyscrapers

    The Oregon Zoo in Portland, home to the World Forestry Center, expects to install that state’s first building using cross laminated timber (CLT) this month, according to the Portland Tribune Thursday. As well, US home builder DR Johnson is reportedly building one of America’s first CLT production facilities in Riddle, OR. Cross Laminated Timber Madison’s…