Which lumber/wood products mills are covered?
Discover the range of lumber and wood product mills included in industry coverage and their market significance.
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Which lumber/wood products mills are covered?
The Asset Database—and by extension the set of mills included in the Analytical Cornerstone cost‑benchmarking tool—primarily focuses on softwood mills. This reflects Fastmarkets’ historical emphasis on softwood production. As a result, coverage of hardwood mills and structural composite lumber (SCL) facilities is limited, and these mill types are not included extensively in the database.
Regional Coverage
- Lumber and non‑structural panel mills: Coverage is centered on North America, where data availability and industry relevance are strongest.
- Structural panel mills: Coverage extends across North America and select regions of Europe, reflecting the geographic concentration of these production assets.
Fastmarkets RISI's Analytical Cornerstone cost‑benchmarking tool, that was originally created to demonstrate the cost compatibility of pulp and paper mills, is also used to show the cash cost of selected lumber/wood products mills in North America: dimensional lumber, MDF, OSB and Plywood.
Note: lumber and wood mills only show cash cost, but no direct or total cost, nor an EBITDA curve or an individual mill profitability report. They also exclude emission data (although we do use energy data to calculate cost), machine productivity, but do show labor productivity. Consumption of fiber and chemicals on the consumption reports are available, but not that of energy (Consumption of energy can be found in the Mill Asset Database, though).