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Madison’s Lumber Reporter: Continued 100% Sole Ownership in Canada
This is just a reminder, as we have been hearing rumours and people are asking questions, that Madison’s is still 100% independently-owned and operated. And is still 100% Canadian. Since 1952, Madison’s Lumber Reporter has been owned — in sequence — by three different people, each as Sole Proprietor: Peter Madison, Owner 1952 – 1973…
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Current Softwood Lumber Prices Compared to Recent and Historical Highs
As the North American softwood lumber market settled into “normal” — whatever the new normal is, we are still discovering that — prices on various construction framing commodities adjusted according to new production practices at sawmills and new buying habits of customers. One plain example of this is big drops in #3/Utility and #4/Economy prices…
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US Storm Causes Closure of Pulp Mills, Sawmills
Hurricane Florence forced lumber sawmills and paper mills in the Carolinas to close temporarily as strong winds and a deluge of rain hit the coast, said Bloomberg Friday. Producers are racing to secure equipment and sites as Florence makes landfall, said Ewell Smith, executive director of the Carolina Loggers Association to Bloomberg. Companies from Domtar…
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Canadian Cedar Shakes and Shingles: Softwood Lumber Duty
Despite its request to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Canada’s Shake and Shingle Alliance was told the country’s shake and shingle industry would not be exempt from U.S. tariffs against softwood lumber, reported Canadian Forest Industries magazine Thursday. The Alliance asked the Commerce Department in June to review which products would be affected by the…
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North America Softwood Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity Utilization Rates
Softwood lumber production in Canada continued it’s drop from last year, falling another -1.7% in January to June 2018, from 14,560 million board feet to 14,316 mmfbm for the same time last year, said the Western Wood Products Association’s monthly Lumber Track Tuesday In the US, softwood lumber production stayed on an upward trajectory for…
