Stora Enso to curtail a sawmill in Finland
Finnish-Swedish forest industry giant Stora Enso will suspend operations for more than two months at its Uimaharju Sawmill in [...]
October 17, 2019
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ENplus to open revision process
With recent studies highlighting the rapid expansion of the wood pellet market with a global production increase of 11 percent [...]
October 16, 2019
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Czech forest owners face huge losses due to the bark beetle infestation
Czech forest owners face 40 billion crowns ($1.70 billion) of damage this year from an [...]
October 16, 2019
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Norbord reduces OSB production; lower demand cited
Since September, Norbord has reduced production at Line 1 of its Cordele, Georgia OSB mill.  [...]
October 16, 2019
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North American sawmills see their profit margins decline
Costs for sawlogs declined in most major regions around the world in the first half of 2019. However, lumber prices [...]
October 15, 2019
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Bergs Timber to cut lumber supply as bark beetle infestation advances in Europe
The spruce beetle infestation in Central Europe has continued during the summer and the situation is [...]
October 15, 2019
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EU imports of tropical sawnwood rose during 1H/2019
EU imports of tropical sawn wood increased 12% to 405,600 MT in the first half [...]
October 14, 2019
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The 67th International Softwood Conference 2019 coming up this month
Antwerp, on the crossroads of international trade and a major harbour for wood and wood products [...]
October 9, 2019
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European softwood logs exports to China triple as the bark beetle infestation advances
As the bark beetle infestation ravages European forests and consequently the supply of logs has increased [...]
October 9, 2019
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EU tropical wood trade up 16% in H1/2019
The EU’s trade in tropical wood products was more buoyant in the first half of this year compared to [...]
October 9, 2019
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