by Working Forest | Sep 14, 2020 | Archives
BY DAVID KOENIG BUILDING-PRODUCTS.COM –After bracing for the worst when the pandemic hit, the OSB industry has come roaring back to life during the summer, as supply heats up, producers scramble to restart idled operations, and prices experience record...
by Working Forest | Sep 14, 2020 | Archives
Watch for these five signs: BANKRATE.COM — Not all recessions are created equally. Neither are the recoveries — and the biggest financial fear is that the current economic slump will persist years after the coronavirus is contained. Economists often say...
by Working Forest | Sep 11, 2020 | Archives
Stora Enso has decided to invest approximately Euro 79 million in a new production line for cross-laminated timber (CLT) at its Ždírec sawmill in the Czech Republic. Production is scheduled to begin during the 3Q 2022. The estimated annual production capacity will be...
by Working Forest | Sep 11, 2020 | Archives
Washington, DC, September 11, 2020-U.S. imports of hardwood plywood from China have plummeted from 1.370 billion square feet in 2017 to 139 million square feet in the last 12 months, according to the Decorative Hardwoods Association. “In that time, imports from...
by Working Forest | Sep 11, 2020 | Archive Articles, Articles
CBC NEWS — Service New Brunswick is not saying what happened with a major property assessment review it did of the province’s six pulp and paper mills that had a hard completion deadline of last week. Even Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs is...