West Fraser plans indefinite curtailments at two US mills
West Fraser plans to curtail its Leola lumber mill and Huguley OSB mill in the fourth quarter, citing weak construction and renovation demand.
West Fraser announced planned indefinite curtailments at its lumber mill in Leola, Arkansas, and Huguley oriented strand board mill in Lanett, Alabama. The company expects the changes to take effect during the fourth quarter of 2026 after orderly wind-downs.
The curtailments would remove annual capacity of 225 million board feet of southern yellow pine lumber and 500 million square feet of OSB, measured on a 3/8-inch basis. West Fraser attributes the decisions to continued weakness in new-home construction and repair and renovation demand.
For timber and wood-packaging buyers, this is a reduction in wider wood-product capacity. The announcement does not identify pallet-grade volumes, establish a pallet-timber shortage or quantify an effect on pallet prices.
Image: southern yellow pine product photograph from West Fraser’s lumber page, used illustratively; not a photograph of either affected mill.
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- West Fraser
- Original date
- 28 Oct 2026
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- 1 Nov 2026
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