Category: Weekly Softwood Lumber Blog

  • Sawmill Fires

    At least 30 firefighters from Maple Ridge and Mission, British Columbia, worked through Saturday night and into Sunday morning fighting a fire that consumed at least half of Whonnock cedar mill’s main building at 27400 Lougheed Highway. It could be a few months, at least, before Fraser Cedar Products’ shake and shingle operation is back…

  • Southern pine lumber exports up 20% in August 2014

    Southern pine exports were approximately 44 million board feet (MMbf) during August 2014, the Southern Forest Products Association said Friday. This volume represents a hefty increase of 20 per cent above the same month last year, and a solid year-to-date boost of 22 per cent when compared with the first eight months of 2013. Offshore…

  • Madison’s Forest Pulse : The Quarterly North American Forest Products Report

    MADISON’S FOREST PULSE The information tool for your forest management and investment Our quarterly product is tailored to provide you with vital information about the North American solid wood, pulp, and paper industry at your fingertips in a timely manner. CLICK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD SAMPLE! FOREST PULSE TESTIMONIAL: Michael Low | Director & Group Lead,…

  • 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

  • Canadian Forestry Achievement Award

    The award for recognition of unique and outstanding achievement in forestry in Canada, presented in early October at the Canadian Institute of Forestry’s  AGM in Salt Lake City, UT, went to Vancouver, BC’s, Bill Bourgeois. Bourgeois has been working in the forest sector for over 38 years. He has a Master’s degree from the University…