Interest – Domestic demand for logs and sawn timber remains strong with domestic sales of sawntimber exceeding projections. The November AWG prices for export grade logs increased by 1-2 [...]
By David W. Dunlap – If the winds are forgiving enough over Lower Manhattan — up where workers can see the whole outline of the island’s tip — a steel column will be hoisted into place [...]
Andrew Cromwell – Lumber producers in New Brunswick admit to being pleased but not totally satisfied with the lowering of softwood lumber tariffs entering the U.S. Earlier this week the [...]
JOC Staff – US Customs and Border Protection is investigating three hardwood plywood importers to determine whether they avoided paying anti-dumping and countervailing duties by [...]
Canada’s international trade minister says newly reduced duties on softwood lumber imported to the United States are “a step in the right direction,” but added any additional fees are [...]
DPR – Mass timber continues to gain ground as an innovative alternative building material. Engineered for loads similar in strength to structural materials like concrete and steel, mass [...]
September 29, 2020 By Ellen Cools – On Sept. 28, the U.S. announced it will appeal a recent World Trade Organization (WTO) panel’s ruling in favour of Canada on the softwood lumber dispute. [...]
Globalwoodmarketsinfo – The global plywood industry is currently affected by the US-China trade war and the slowdown of China’s economy. In 2018, its market size was estimated at [...]
By Robert Dalheim – WILLOWS, Calif. – CalPlant has officially launched Eureka – the world’s first commercially-produced, no-added-formaldehyde, rice straw-based MDF. “This is a [...]
World Trade Center Panels Joncrispinposts – In 2008, I was asked by the New York State Museum to photograph the panels that lined the Fulton Street viewing area overlooking Ground Zero. [...]
