Archives: May 2019

Germany’s sawnwood demand at very high levels

Germany is Europe’s largest economy with GDP likely to have exceeded US$4 trillion for the first time in [...]

Wood pellets global trade raises by 21%, with US, Canada, Vietnam as major suppliers

Global trade of wood pellets jumped more than 21% year-over-year in 2018 when a new record of 22 [...]

Interfor temporarily reduces lumber production at three of its sawmills in BC

Interfor Corp., one of Canada's leading lumber producers and among the largest lumber companies in the world, will curtail [...]

Metsä launches project for EUR 200 million new pine sawmill

Metsä Fibre will launch a pre-engineering phase for the construction of a new pine sawmill with approximately 750,000 [...]

Lumber prices in the US start to recover

Market-related curtailments in British Columbia served as signs that framing lumber markets were oversold and downside risk was waning [...]