John Gunkelman is the owner of Fargo’s Dakota Construction and is the immediate past president of the Home Builders Association of Fargo-Moorhead. Gunkleman sums up the current spike in lumber, panels and building materials in just ten words, “The numbers are just kind of going through the roof.”
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Domtar Receives FSC Approval on Northwest Ontario Forestland
Domtar is reporting that during the week of July 13th, that they had successfully completed a surveillance audit, under the new Forest Stewardship Council’s National Standards for Canada, on the Wabigoon Forest, located in Northwest Ontario.
Builders FirstSource, Inc. and BMC Stock Holdings Announce Mega Merger
Builders FirstSource, Inc. and BMC Stock Holdings, Inc., today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Builders FirstSource and BMC will combine in an all-stock merger transaction to create the nation’s premier supplier of building materials and services with over $11 billion in annual sales.
Hurricane Laura Will Disrupt Gulf Coast Forest Products Industry
Nearly 50 forest product mills in the path of Hurricane Laura.
Flavelle Sawmill Located in Port Moody B.C., Scheduled to Close in Late October
The AP Group of Companies, the owner of the Flavelle sawmill, located in Port Moody, B.C., has announced their intention to cease operations at the mill in late Octobre. There has been a continuous forestry operation at the waterfront site since 1905.
Weston Forest to Purchase Monterra Lumber Mills Ltd.
Weston Forest, one of North America’s leading full service distributors and remanufactures of softwood and hardwood lumber and specialty products, located in Mississauga Ontario, has announced an agreement to purchase Bolton, Ontario-based Monterra Lumber Mills Ltd.
Austrian binderholz Group Purchases Assets of Klausner Lumber One LLC, in Live Oak Florida
In a virtual auction held on Friday, August 21st, 2020, The Austrian binderholz Group, was able to purchase and secure all of the assets of Klausner Lumber One LLC., based in Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida.
FEA Does Not Expect The August 24 World Trade Organization Ruling on US Softwood Lumber Imports From Canada To Have Much Effect On Current Duty Rates
On August 24, 2020 the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled that the US Department of Commerce (USDOC) failed to show […]
World Trade Organization Essentially Backs Canada in Lumber Complaint Against U.S. Tariffs.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) released its latest report finding in favor of the Canadian softwood lumber industry.
Spruce Beetle Outbreak in B.C.’s Prince George District is Hitting Local Forests Hard
In the Prince George District of B.C., the spruce beetle continues to wreak its havoc on the local forests.