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Prices of Softwood Lumber Continue to Rise as Demand Flows East
“It was a runaway market again last week as softwood lumber prices soared thanks to persistently limited supply.” — Madison’s Lumber Reporter For the week ending July 17, 2020, prices of standard construction framing dimension softwood lumber items increased yet further. Benchmark softwood lumber item Western S-P-F 2×4 #2&Btr KD popped higher still, up by…
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Madison’s Heating Wood Pellet Price report: June 2020
Progress with Regulations Will Increase Use of Heating Wood Pellets Biomass Heating for Interior BC Community The Esk’etemc indigenous community in Alkali Lake, BC, recently installed biomass boilers to facilitate a transition from fossil fuel community-heating to a more stable, long-term biomass heating solution. Phase 1 of this project to convert from propane to biomass…
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Plywood Prices’ Major Surge While Most Softwood Lumber Prices Moderate
As described by Madison’s on June 6, “Wood Panel Prices Will Provide Indication of Remaining Summer Lumber Demand”. There are much fewer producers of this essential building material than there are regular sawmills of North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber. As well, input costs for wood panel products are much higher. A spike in…
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Madison’s Weekly Softwood Lumber Prices
Prices updated June 23, 2020 (CLICK TABLE TO ENLARGE) Key comment: “Following a comparatively quiet digestion period the previous week, lumber and plywood demand went bananas while that for Oriented Strand Board was flat.”
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Madison’s Western S-P-F Lumber Prices June 19: sneak preview
The full Madison’s Lumber Reporter North America softwood lumber price list was updated as usual first thing this morning (Friday) Eastern time. Here is a SNEAK PEAK at benchmark Western Spruce-Pine-Fir (WSPF) prices: Recovering well from big drops in April and May, for the week ending June 19, 2020, the wholesaler price of benchmark softwood…
