It doesn't really work that way with commodities the scale of lumber. The amount of money one would to have to corner the lumber market is insane, even a cartel probably couldn't pull it off.
Timber is abundant and lumber mills are pretty easy to get going. If you live anywhere near where timber is grown, there's almost certainly a handful of mom-and-pop mills around you. The moment prices elevate for an extended period of time, these operations will start looking to expand.
Timber is abundant and lumber mills are pretty easy to get going. If you live anywhere near where timber is grown, there's almost certainly a handful of mom-and-pop mills around you. The moment prices elevate for an extended period of time, these operations will start looking to expand.