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Lumber prices stay flat as sector braces for impact of wildfire season
Fri, July 11, 2014 The sheer confusion which reigned for dimension lumber buyer and sellers in June has dissipated, much as the dual Canada-US national holiday break has faded from memory. This week North American lumber traders reported stable sales volumes and a return to consistent pricing. Almost on cue, serious wildfires broke out in…
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Madison’s 2Q 2014 Timber Industry Analysis and Projection
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Madison’s 2Q 2014 Timber Industry Analysis and Projection
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Madison’s Weekly Lumber Market Comment
True summer-like days extended across North America this week as lumber and panel prices in the US and Canada floundered, writes Keta Kosman in Madison’s Lumber Reporter www.madisonseport.com Producers and wholesalers could not agree on the situation with the cash market; resellers claimed growing inventories and weak demand even as sawmills increased production. Prices of…
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Global Log and Lumber Markets
A purported ‘herd mentality’ in China has brought prices of radiata pine softwood logs for May in New Zealand down sharply. Some industry watchers think the drop is a ‘short term blip’. New Zealand “eastern seaboard log inventories have suddenly risen to close to five million cubic metres. This represents about four months’ supply at…
