Archives: 2019

Germany boosts softwood lumber deliveries to China

  Following a -32% drop in exports last year, European softwood lumber deliveries to China have recovered in the [...]

FSC to sanction Korean-Indonesian company

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has sanctioned Korean-Indonesian conglomerate Korindo for clearing tropical forests in Indonesia to produce palm [...]

EGGER reports stable financial year and record investments

The wood-based panels giant recorded sales of EUR 2.84 billion and adjusted EBITDA of EUR 425.0 million [...]

Prospects for American Softwoods on the European market

American Softwoods Consultant, Charles Trevor, was interviewed by AEIM (Spanish Association of Wood Trade and Industry) and the article appeared [...]

Falling softwood lumber in US

The measured pace in US framing lumber trading that began in early July persisted into the latter part of the [...]

Current trends in Europe’s industrial wood pellet market

In markets such as the United Kingdom, Belgium, and the Netherlands residential use is negligible and the demand for wood [...]

UPM to build a new giant pulp mill in Uruguay

UPM has made the investment decision to construct a 2,1 million tonne greenfield eucalyptus pulp mill near Paso de [...]

New Zealand exports more logs, despite falling log prices

    New Zealand exported more logs and wood in June 2019, despite falling log prices overseas. In [...]

Lower sawlog costs in Germany drive the lumber industry export sales

    Large volumes of storm and insect damaged trees in Germany have resulted in an oversupply of [...]

Many business opportunities in the South American wood pellet market

South America is one of the continents in which wood pellet production is yet to reach its full potential because [...]