Interfor Buys Four US Sawmills


Interfor buys four mills, raising bet on U.S. lumber production to hedge against B.C. supply constraints

Madison’s Lumber Reporter: “B.C. mills are well stocked in the immediate term, according to Keta Kosman, publisher of the industry newsletter Madison’s Lumber Reporter, with just some specialty timber — such as large-diameter saw logs — hard to obtain.

However, she added that as early as March, companies will have to start scrambling to find the right timber supplies to suit their mills, “and (that situation) is going to last for the next eight years.”

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