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After yet another consolidating acquisition of southern sawmills, it seems like an opportune moment to review the changing profile of the softwood lumber industry in the U.S. South. At the end of 2008 – the early days of the housing more…
This post includes an excerpt from research published in the Q3 2017 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ). Canadian forests support one of the world’s leading wood products industries. And that industry is in flux, rationalizing legacy investments in newsprint mills, navigating more…
On July 26, 2017, West Fraser announced an agreement to acquire Gilman Companies, a major producer of southern yellow pine lumber with six sawmills in South Georgia and North Florida comprising 700 million board feet (MMBF) of capacity. The acquisition more…
This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s Q3 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. Recently, The Christian Science Monitor published an article summarizing analysis by Israeli military chiefs regarding more…