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Madison’s Western S-P-F Lumber Prices Jan 31: sneak preview
The full Madison’s Lumber Reporter North America softwood lumber price list will be updated as usual first thing Friday morning Eastern time, however here is a SNEAK PEAK at tomorrow’s benchmark WSPF prices: After staying flat for the past four weeks,The wholesaler price of benchmark softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr for Jan…
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British Columbia Coast Logging Work Stoppage: Jan 2020
This month was held the annual British Columbia Truck Loggers Association AGM in Vancouver, BC, where the Premier of BC, John Horgan, announced $5 million in funding to assist contractors at risk of losing equipment to the banks. The move is in response to this record-breaking seven month strike, and is intended to pay existing…
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North America Commercial Heating Wood Pellet Market 2019 Wrap-Up
prices for commercial/residential heating wood pellets in the US are quite a bit higher than in Canada (when converting USD to CAD) UNITED STATES Commercial/Residential Heating Wood Pellet Prices as well, the relationship between US retail and wholesale heating wood pellet prices is far more correlated than in Canada there is a peak in US…
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Softwood Lumber Prices Up Somewhat, US November Housing Supply Shrinks Further
While benchmark construction framing softwood lumber commodity Western Spruce-Pine-Fir 2×4 held firm last week, prices of a lot of other dimension lumber items did pop up somewhat. The lumber supply-demand balance across North America is currently quite good, if not a little in favour of producers. Harsh weather in several regions, especially in Canada, over…
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Softwood Lumber Prices Mostly Flat While US Housing Starts Jump Almost 17% for December
New home building in the United States skyrocketted, by almost 17%, last month however this is after an almost equally sharp drop in November. Reasonably clement weather in the densely-populated US northeast last week allowed for quite robust construction activity, providing softwood lumber sellers the opportunity to hold prices mostly flat. Sudden winterly weather hit…
