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World Trade Organization backs Canada in US softwood dispute

25-08-2020
United States, Canada, Dispute, Softwood, Lumber

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled in favour of Canada in its challenge of the United States Department of Commerce’s 2017 subsidy determination against Canadian softwood lumber products. After a two-year review of the US Department of Commerce's findings with respect to countervailing duties, the WTO panel agreed with …

Canada: Construction begins for mass timber office tower T3 Bayside

29-07-2020
Canada, Mass Timber, Construction

T3 Bayside, Toronto, Canada (Photo: Hines) New project will deliver over 250,000 square feet of contemporary, mass timber office space to Toronto’s eastern waterfront Hines, the international real estate firm, has begun speculative construction on the workplace component of their Bayside Toronto waterfront master-planned community with the …

Fast + Epp pushes boundaries for tall wood construction

30-06-2020
Canada, Mass Timber

Recent approval by the City of Vancouver for the construction of wood for commercial and residential projects of up to 12-storeys is great news for the architecture, engineering and construction community. Following the Tallwood House at Brock Commons – named the tallest mass timber building in the world in 2017, Fast + Epp has seen …

B.C. government takes steps to implement mass timber into building construction

24-06-2020
Canada, Mass Timber, Economy

To strengthen its forest and timber industry, create jobs and lower carbon pollution, the B.C. government in Canada will implement mass timber into the construction of buildings across the province. B.C. Premier John Horgan has appointed Ravi Kahlon, Parliamentary Secretary for Forests, Lands, Natural Resources and Rural Development, to lead this …

Canfor to permanently close Isle Pierre sawmill in British Columbia, Canada

22-05-2020
Isle Pierre sawmill, British Columbia, Canada, permanent, closure

Canfor Corporation will be closing its Isle Pierre sawmill, which is located near Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. The closure will take effect in the 3Q 2020 following an orderly wind down of operations. The closure is a result of an insufficient supply of economically viable timber following the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic, coupled …

Actions taken by wood industries in Malaysia, Canada, U.S. and New Zealand so far

05-05-2020
Wood industry, Malaysia, Canada, U.S., New Zealand, coronavirus, impact

The wood industries in Malaysia, Canada, U.S. and New Zealand have all limited productions following some form of lockdown or movement control. According to Japan Lumber Journal, wood industries worldwide have experienced a set of common and unique challenges that arose from regulations imposed by their own governments and a general decline in …

Two Ontario sawmills set to reopen soon

21-04-2020
White River Forest Products, Hornepayne Lumber, Ontario, Canada, reopen, resume, production

White River Forest Products and Hornepayne Lumber have both chose to shut down in the earlier months when the lumber market weakened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has put about 300 workers out of work. But now, they are both ready to resume production. According to TBNewsWatch, Hornepayne Lumber will be begin production again on April 20 and …

Conifex Timber extends temporary production curtailment at Mackenzie sawmill in Canada

20-04-2020
Conifex Timber Inc., extension, temporary curtailment, Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada, sawmill

Conifex Timber Inc. announced that, in response to continued weakened global demand for forest products impacted by the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, it is extending its temporary production curtailment at its Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada sawmill for two weeks to May 3, 2020. The curtailment is not expected to have any adverse consequence …

West Fraser to further reduce lumber production

07-04-2020
West Fraser, reduce, lumber production, lumber, LVL, MDF, plywood, pulp, newsprint, wood chips, other residuals, United States, Canada

In response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, West Fraser is providing an update on production adjustments implemented to address changing operating, supply chain and market conditions. Effective April 6, West Fraser will further reduce its SPF production by 30 to 40 million board feet of production per week which represents between 45% and …

Sinclar Group curtails lumber production at three sawmills in British Columbia, Canada

07-04-2020
Sinclar Group, curtailment, lumber production, three sawmills, British Columbia, Canada

Global market conditions for lumber have changed rapidly as a result of a number of factors, not least of which is the Covid-19 situation. Sinclar Group Forest Products has therefore made the decision to curtail some of its operations. Effective Sunday, April 5th, 2020, all of Sinclar’s lumber manufacturing operations in British Columbia, …

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