Europe

Germans are looking to firewood for energy as gas prices soar

    Skyrocketing prices for natural gas have Europeans scrambling for alternative energy sources. In Germany, where households [...]

Austria: Sawlog prices significantly reduced

    The Austrian sawmill industry is currently sufficiently stocked with logs and damaged wood is increasing. Due [...]

Sweden’s sawn timber market expected to be hot this autumn

Wood prices in Sweden are now at or close to peak level, Danke Bank estimates in its review. The demand [...]

China: Rise in CIF prices for lumber imports

    CIF prices for China’s lumber imports from most suppliers rose in the first half of [...]

France’s softwood sawmills report significant market slowdown

  At the start of September, many sawmill owners in France are asking themselves questions about the evolution of [...]

China: August review of the softwood log market

China softwood log inventory has remained stable at about 4.6 - 4.7m. Fresh pine logs are sold quickly after [...]

‘Timber cities’ could save a billion tonnes of emissions by 2100, scientists say

Making new homes out of wood instead of steel and concrete could avoid more than 100 billion tonnes of CO2 [...]

Metsä Tissue curtails production due to high energy prices

    Metsä Tissue has had to curtail its production both in its Zilina mill, Slovakia, and Kreuzau [...]

Softwood supply in UK far in excess of demand

      UK softwood trading has continued its subdued trend into August with supply far in [...]
September 2, 2022 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe