Category: Weekly Softwood Lumber Blog

  • Softwood Lumber Imports, UK

    United Kingdom lumber consumption  in 2013 totalled 8.4 million, with 90 per cent of that softwoods. Import volumes have increased by 4.3 per cent in 2013, and will increase even stronger in 2014. The UK consumes nearly 5 million cubic metres of wood per year, 57 per cent of that imported. All this favourable economic…

  • Sawmill Fire

    Fire destroyed a sawmill in Marysville, ID, on Thursday night. The fire was burning in stacks of firewood and timber at Fisher Logging near Ashton. Firefighters were able to protect other buildings. Damage was estimated at US$250,000. The sawmill had not operated for past six months, but there were 10-foot-high piles of sawdust on the…

  • Weyerhaeuser Invests

    Weyerhaeuser is investing US$57 million over a three-year period to install two continuous direct fired kilns and a new planer mill at its softwood lumber mill in Philadelphia, MI, the company announced Wednesday. The mill produces approximately 220 million board feet of Southern Yellow Pine two-inch dimension lumber, 2×4 through 2×12.

  • Canfor, Canfor Pulp Report

    Canfor Corporation Thursday reported net income of $54.3 million, or $0.39 per share, for 2Q 2014, compared to $110.3 million, or $0.77 per share, for 2Q 2013. Canfor Pulp Products also Thursday reported net income of $18.8 million, or $0.27 per share, for 2Q 2014, compared to $7.6 million, or $0.11 per share, for 2Q…

  • Madison’s 2Q 2014 North America Timber Industry Analysis and Projection

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