Archives: 2019

The European Panel Federation to criticize VOC requirements introduced in Germany

The European Wood-based Panel Federation (EPF) raises the alarm against the current threat to European harmonisation and progress posed [...]

Production costs for North American wood pellet producers on the rise

    Many pellet manufacturers in North America have had to increase the usage of logs for their [...]

Falling prices for Finnish pine and spruce sawlogs

Pine and spruce sawlog prices in Finland are on a falling trend in August 2019, both as compared to the [...]

Falling demand and drop in prices for US hardwood due to trade war with China

  Lumber mills in the U.S. have been a casualty of President Trump's trade war with China [...]

Kronospan completes first plywood plant in Belarus

    A little more than a year has passed since the moment when the first stone was [...]

Stora Enso to shut down Kitee sawmill by the end of the year

Stora Enso will consolidate its spruce timber production at its mill in Varkaus, Finland, where spruce timber production has synergies [...]

Timber skyscrapers hold the key to green cities

    Recent studies have shown the environmental benefits of timber residential developments and in future wooden skyscrapers [...]

Chinese particleboard and MDF market recovering in September

With the arrival of the peak season, China's particleboard market in September has slightly accelerated, and the business pressure [...]

Russia to double export tariffs for Far Eastern softwood species

By Decree No. 1169 of September 7, 2019, the Government of the Russian Federation doubled (from 6.5% to 13 [...]

France: List of prices for various lumber products in Q2/2019

    FRANCE LUMBER PRICES for the 2nd quarter 2019         [...]