Archives: 2019

Vietnamese wood processing industry concerned of raw material availability

    Concerns have been raised over the rapid increase in Vietnamese wood chip production and export which [...]

Georgia-Pacific to idle McCormick lumber and Allendale OSB mills

    Georgia-Pacific LLC is idling operations at its McCormick lumber and Allendale OSB mills in South [...]

U.S. hardwood industry expected to disintegrate from trade war with China

A possible trade deal with China announced this month might not be broad enough to save U.S. hardwood timber [...]

Eucalyptus pulplog prices in Brazil at their lowest levels in three years

    Pulpmills in Brazil had some of the lowest wood fiber costs in the world in the [...]

13 BC sawmill closures forecast for the next decade

    This year’s series of B.C. mill closures and production curtailments have affected more than [...]

West Fraser reports drop in lumber production

    West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has reported its third quarter 2019 results:     [...]

Swedish roundwood prices hit by the bark beetle infestation

    Both sawlog and pulpwood prices in Sweden decreased during the 3Q 2019 for the first time [...]

Analysis of the current trends in the Russian roundwood market

Russia has the largest forest area in the world. In fact, Russia's forest land accounts for about one-fifth [...]

Norbord to curtail one OSB production line in Georgia, US

Norbord Inc. announced that effective mid-November, it will indefinitely curtail production on Line 1 of its two-line oriented [...]