Government of India Mandating Thermal Power Plants Use Biomass In an effort to decrease stubble burning by farmers, India’s Ministry of Power has mandated that all thermal power plants burn a blend of agricultural residues and coal. The states of Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh, along with the country’s largest power utility, NTPC, are consequently…

The extent of damage to transportation infrastructure and supply chain in southern British Columbia following the massive flooding in November is now knows. After closing down two times the Port of Vancouver is now fully re-open, as both railways are running again. The Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways are sharing the one repaired rail…

At the end of November, Western S-P-F demand was variable according to traders in the United States. Once-in-a-century flooding in the Pacific Northwest caused uncertainty to pervade the market as the week wore on. Some buyers busily scrambled to find wood amid the ensuing logistical chaos, while others cautiously sat on their inventories, hoping to…

As explained by Madison’s Lumber Reporter last week, the North America construction framing dimension softwood lumber market has changed forever. Following the massive flooding and infrastructure damage to transportation routes in southern British Columbia, which will take many months to repair, for the week ending November 26, 2021 industry players had not yet been able…

The lumber market has changed forever the week of November 19, 2021. At time of writing the south of the province of British Columbia is under a state-of-emergency due to relentless stormwater accumulating over the past month. That after record rainfall of 200% more than normal for the months of September and October. Transportation is…

Softwood Lumber Duty increase filed today on the US Federal Register, dated tomorrow: Dec 2, 2021 The next Administrative Review of the Softwood Lumber Duty is expected to be released during the first few months of next year and would take effect at the end of next year / the beginning of 2023.

A drought over summer followed by massive amounts more rain than usual, and 3 atmospheric rivers — which in one or two days brought volumes of rain equal to an entire wet month — when the ground was already saturated have caused extensive damage to transportation infrastructure all through British Columbia. More heavy rain started…

The US Department of Commerce indicates that these Final Rates for the Softwood Lumber Duty were announced to “interested parties” Wednesday, November 24, 2021.  UPDATE FROM OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT JONES & JONES CUSTOMS BROKERS: None of the AR1 or AR2 entries will be liquidated until this case is resolved one way or the other. …

North America softwood lumber production volumes and sawmill capacity utilization rates released by Western Wood Products Association (www.wwpa.org) show: For January to August 2021 softwood lumber production in the US improved by +3.3% from the first eight months of 2020. US lumber production volumes were 22,341 mmfbm. Looking at the month of August against July…

US total housing starts were flat in Oct compared to Sept. Total permits were up +4%, and were up +3.4% compared to Oct 2020. Single-family starts were down a bit compared to Sept, but single-family permits were up +2.7%. Year-to-date data shows both total and single-family starts up significantly in Jan to Oct 2021, at…

On the weekend of Nov 12 southern British Columbia, including Vancouver, was hit of epic torrential rains that can only bring to mind imaginative disaster movies. There was 200% more rain in Sept & Oct than usual. In those 2 days as much rain fell (200 mm) as does in a normal wet month. This…

As this unusual year slowly wound toward a close, there were some developments which will only add more confusion and uncertainty to the construction framing solid wood marketplace. One, which is well-known, is the looming increase — to almost double what it has been since November 2020 — of the Softwood Lumber Duty on Canadian…

As supply-chain disruptions increased costs, new U.S. home construction slowed down in October, driven by a drop in single-family projects. For October 2021, total residential starts in the US remained essentially flat from the previous month, at 1.520 million units. Continuing to improve as throughout this year, permits for future homebuilding in October were up…

After consistent — if moderate — climbs in September and October, most benchmark construction framing dimension softwood lumber prices have levelled off to match where they were one year ago, said weekly forest industry price guide Madison’s Lumber Reporter. In many ways the market dynamics are the same: constrained supply against ongoing strong demand, serious…

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