For delivery timber, prices increased on sawlogs and decreased on pulpwood.
Two-phase project relocates European production processes to Mexico, creating 40 new jobs by 2028.
New executive joins from Boliden in autumn 2026 as current SVP Anders Edholm departs on July 31.
Equipment delivery and commissioning scheduled for summer 2026.
Volatile mortgage rates, weather disruptions, and cautious housing demand weigh on results and margins, with the largest pricing and gross-margin pressure in engineered wood products.
Lumber sales realizations rise 13% from fourth-quarter averages and oriented strand board realizations rise 8%.
The deal covers pallet operations in Pennsylvania and Virginia, while the Dilwyn, Va., sawmill stays with Kamps.
Index drops 5% month-over-month from $552.
Price for wood pellets exported from Indonesia upped 3%.
The reviews cover Canadian softwood lumber and uncoated paper from Brazil and Portugal, and list the companies subject to review.
Price for particleboard exported from Turkey increased slightly 0.6%.
The pause will cut supply by about 25 million board feet as log inventories, fibre availability, and seasonal breakup affect the BC Interior.
High financing costs, construction-input prices and currency weakness are expected to limit new procurement.
The company points to weaker housing affordability in Ontario and British Columbia and expects its Clinton, Ontario automation site to start operating in July 2026.
Acquisition retains 67 jobs, adds 37 positions, and secures future of facility dating back to 1900.
Company expects Q2 2026 earnings of $2.33 per share as prices move higher with previously announced increases.