OTTAWA – Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr, and his provincial counterparts renewed their commitment to strongly support and defend the Canadian forest industry. The members of the Federal-Provincial Task Force on Softwood Lumber were hosted by Minister Carr at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, where the Canadian Council of…

The U.S. Department of Commerce has postponed the final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of softwood lumber from Canada until no later than November 14, 2017. “I remain hopeful that we can reach a negotiated solution that satisfies the concerns of all parties,” said U.S. Secretary of…

OTTAWA – Structurlam is the first Canadian manufacturer of cross-laminated timber (CLT) to be certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative SFI 2015-2019 Chain-of-Custody Standard. Structurlam produces mass timber products including CLT. “Wood is the only renewable building resource we have. If we sustainably manage the forest then we’ll have unlimited materials to create beautiful buildings…

From tiny seedlings mighty cedars grow. Or, in this case, from $30,000 grows a $1.3-million biomass boiler that can heat a community. The $30,000 was capacity funding provided through the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund to Old Massett Village Council. Part of the Haida Nation, the council needed funding in 2013 to complete a…

WASHINGTON – The United States and Canada failed to settle a festering trade dispute on softwood lumber ahead of talks to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), but Reuters reports that officials from both countries have said they will keep the lumber negotiations on a separate, parallel track. Both U.S. lumber producers and…

A collaborative study by Mojgan Nejad, of Michigan State University, shows that lignin, a component of wood and byproduct of paper production, can completely replace phenol in phenolic adhesive formulation in products such as plywood. This research directly impacts housing manufacturing by introducing biobased adhesives made of lignin, a renewable resource, instead of petroleum-based phenol….

The U.S. lumber industry says it won’t accept the latest Canadian government proposal for a deal on softwood lumber, downplaying expectations any agreement is imminent, according to a story on Bloomberg Aug. 3. Media reports had said Canada and the U.S. were close to an agreement on a deal that would cap Canada’s share of…

MONTRÉAL – Resolute Forest Products reported a net loss for the quarter ended June 30, 2017, of US$74 million, compared to a net loss of US$42 million in the same period in 2016. Sales were US$858 million in the quarter, down $33 million, or four per cent, from the second quarter of 2016. Excluding special…

VANCOUVER, BC – Wood products manufacturer Louisiana-Pacific will acquire International Barrier Technology Inc. for $22 million, making the British Columbia company a wholly-owned subsidiary of LP. “We are confident that this acquisition will help accelerate our growth into new markets,” LP CEO Brad Southern said. Barrier manufactures the fire retardant coating used in LP® FlameBlock®…

TORONTO – Norbord Inc. reported Adjusted EBITDA of $165 million for the second quarter of 2017 versus $94 million in the second quarter of 2016 and $103 million in the first quarter of 2017. The improvement is primarily due to higher North American oriented strand board (OSB) prices and shipment volumes. “Our second quarter Adjusted…