Many framing lumber prices firmed and then moved higher amid spurts of sales reaching the mills. Traders at all levels of the market continued to label price trends as "supply-driven," with few noting any major increases in consumption...
Sawmills outside of the areas affected by the hurricane Xynthia must not hope to get any supplies of storm-fallen timber. Also markdowns are not realistic. On the contrary, contracts closed after the storm are showing slight price increases.
IS Shrapnel’s Medium Density Fibreboard in the Pacific Rim and Europe, 2009 – 2013 report forecasts
strong growth in the key end-use sectors for MDF – housing construction and furniture manufacturing.
BIS Shrapnel says the downturn in housing construction in the United States reached the bottom of the
cycle in 2009 and is expected to move into a rapid upswing from…
In the context of an investigation relating to possible violations of antitrust law, offices were searched at Pfleiderer AG, at some of its subsidiaries, and at some competing companies on March 4, 2009.
With regard to this matter…
Softwood lumber prices were up in both North America and Europe in the 4Q, but it was
more the result of lower inventory levels and reduced production rather than an increase
in demand, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. The hot market for lumber last year
was China, which increased imports by 75% thereby passing Japan…
The January producer prices statistics reflects the price increase for packaging wood and sidings. Unlike for construction timber those assortments show a significant surcharge. Compared with December 2009 lumber prices fell. The recovery of prices for engineered wood products now also affected laminate floorings.
A shot of activity hitting the framing lumber market Wednesday firmed up mill quotes, but producers struggled to bounce prices back to the levels at which they started the week...
The representatives of the forestry and of the wood industry have argued for steady log prices in the Southwest of Germany. During the periodical meeting of the forestry department of Baden-Württemberg on March 3rd at Böblingen analysts of both sides said that for more reliable planning the up and down of prices should stop.
At the state-owned forestry operation Hesse-Forst the requests for storm-fallen timber volumes after the hurricane Xynthia are still running. Even though the highlands haven't been surveyed yet, the headquarters of the operation in Kassel expects, that 1.1 million cubic meters of softwood and 100.000 cubic meters of hardwood fell victim to Xynthia.
In its business year 2009 the state-owned forestry administration of Thuringia lumbered over one million cubic meters. This amount is significantly lower than in the years before the hurricane Kyrill, when the total cutting volume was at 1.4 million cubic meters.
