U.S. sawmills say tariffs, shrinking export markets and competition from cheaper wood alternatives are driving a surge in closures that threatens the hardwood industry.

Lumber prices that have dropped more than 20% over the past month are prompting one of North America's largest producers to throttle back output by 12%. Interfor said Thursday that it would reduce ...

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Executives at two of North America's lumber producers said they are bracing for volatile wood prices this building season before sharply higher U.S. duties on Canadian lumber kick in. Despite ...

Conifex Timber Inc. has announced that it will temporarily curtail operations at its Mackenzie, British Columbia sawmill for ...

Sawmills in all producing regions reported rising timber and log prices. “There is no economic sense to timber prices,” said one mill owner in the Upper Midwest. Another in the Carolinas said log ...

Wilson Jones stands in what used to be the heart of his family's lumber empire — the Mackeys Ferry Sawmill in North Carolina. But instead of the familiar roar of saws cutting through Southern pine, ...

A North Carolina sawmill that once anchored its rural community has fallen silent, its closure emblematic of the far-reaching ...

(Reuters) -Forestry company Conifex Timber said on Friday it will temporarily curtail operations at its sawmill in Mackenzie, British Columbia, in response to continued weakness in the North American ...