Archives: 2018

Softwood lumber production in the US grows, while Canadian production falls

    US sawmills produce 8.557 bbf of softwood lumber in first three months of 2018, up [...]

US lumber prices fell during last week

    Prices for framing lumber in the US continued to go down, but in some cases the [...]

EU plywood demand cautiously forecast to upbeat 2018’s prospects

    Looking to the future, despite recent supply issues and price hikes, EU importers say that they [...]

Prices for New Zealand export logs reach 25-year high

    Structural log prices in New Zealand grew to the highest level for 25 years, once the [...]

Wood products prices in Germany rising in May

    Since the beginning of the year German sawyers have complained about the cheap price of sawmill [...]

A new renewable energy use agreement has been reached by the EU authorities

Negotiators from the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council reached an ambitious political agreement on increasing renewable energy [...]

Current state and forecast of the US plywood market

The U.S. plywood market totaled 13.1M cubic metres in 2017, a decline of 3.1M cubic metres (or [...]

Prices for Austrian wood pellets on the rise in June

Wood pellets prices in Austria keep stable in June, when compared to the previous month. The average retail price for [...]

Roundwood prices in Finland mostly up in April

The prices for roundwood in Finland have increased significantly during April 2018, as compared to the same period last year [...]

IKEA makes commitment to go totally green by 2030

IKEA makes global commitment to remove all single-use plastic products in the range by 2020, as part of a [...]