Europe

Kährs Group announces the closure of hardwood flooring production in Finland

Kährs Group is reorganizing its hardwood flooring production. The company announced a closure of its production unit in Tuupovaara [...]

EU increases its needs for tropical sawnwood from Cameroon

The most notable trend in the supply of tropical sawn timber to the EU in 2016 was the rising dependence [...]
April 5, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Africa / Europe

Overview of the UK hardwood import market share

A UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) conference on the UK hardwood market sponsored by The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC [...]
March 27, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

Roundwood prices in Estonia mostly decreased during January

The roundwood prices in Estonia mostly decreased during January 2017, as compared to last year.     However [...]

Binderholz is set to close acquisition of Finnish Anaika Wood Group’s assets by the end of March

Binderholz Nordic Oy will close the acquisition of Anaika Wood Group’s assets in Lieksa / Kevätniemi by March 31 [...]

Energy consumption from renewable sources in the EU doubled in 2015

In 2015, the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy reached 16.7% in the [...]
March 20, 2017 Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe

Switzerland could re-use its wood to get more energy

Almost 173,000 tonnes of used wood could be re-used in Switzerland as to produce valuable heat and power [...]
March 19, 2017 Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe

Indonesian plywood is offered big opportunities by FLEGT license on the EU market

The Global Timber Forum has published an interview with the CEOs of two European importing companies, Alexander de Groot of [...]

Latest hardwood logs prices in Russia, Poland, Romania and Croatia during Jan-Feb

Prices for hardwood logs during January and February 2017 can be found below:    RUSSIA:   [...]

Former German Pellets plants in US to be bought by Drax?

UK’s biggest power station, Drax, has recently made offers to buy two of German Pellets' bankrupted US-based biomass [...]