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Sawmill expansions continue amid supply chain constraints. Stoltze completed an automated grading line at their lumber facility in Columbia Falls, MT. West Fraser in Henderson, TX announced a $255 million investment to build a new sawmill complex around the existing more…
This post is the third in a series related to the Q4 2022 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts. This post includes excerpts from the Forest Operations chapter. The most recent Bureau of more…
Building products firms continue to add and acquire capacity, and firms are looking forward to the next phase of investment to put additional capital (from higher lumber and plywood prices) to work. Much of the sawmill capacity increases in North more…
While significant forest industry capital continues to flow to the U.S. South, the announced acquisition of EACOM Timber Corporation in Eastern Canada by Interfor in late 2021 reminds us of the critical role and opportunities that exist for investors in more…
This excerpt from the Q4 2021 issue of the Forisk Wood Fiber Review highlights our coverage of Western Canada where a series of damaging events in November saw bad news piled on worse news. It is just as well that more…
For softwood lumber producers in North America, 2021 was a year of opportunity. Lumber prices skyrocketed in the first half of the year to unprecedented highs, then fell back to normal ranges in the third quarter. As we close the more…
Softwood lumber mill capacity in North America is roughly 74 BBFT per year – the same level in aggregate as twelve years ago in 2008. One key difference in softwood lumber capacity today versus twelve years ago is location: mills more…
This post is the fourth in a series related to the Q3 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis, timber price forecasts, and featured research on forest management practices. Pulp & paper production increased in the U.S. more…
In capturing a quarterly “snapshot” of fiber prices by region across North America, the Forisk Wood Fiber Review (FWFR) also summarizes market trends and investments. Fevered lumber prices appear to have broken due to a combination of producers (sawmills) catching more…
Last week, Forisk published the June 2021 edition of the Forisk Market Bulletin in which our team communicated with over 170 forest industry professionals in the U.S., Canada, and Europe on topics including break-even analysis for forest carbon markets and more…