Europe

Congestion at Chinese ports puts high pressure on log exports

The cost of shipping wood to China has almost trippled since January — the result of Covid, increased fuel prices and [...]

COP26: What significance has the result for worldwide forests?

    The 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) took place in Glasgow, Scotland, from November 1st to [...]

Kronospan to launch particleboard production at new plant in Ukraine

    Kronospan plans to launch the production of particleboard at a new site in Ukraine, Rivne region [...]

Prices for wood are slowly stabilizing in the Netherlands

The sharply rising raw material prices in the Dutch construction sector are not over yet, but there are bright spots [...]

US investment company completes acquisition of majority stake in Europe’s largest wood pellet company

    Apollo Global Management Inc. has closed acquisition of 80% stake in AS Graanul Invest. The transaction [...]

Demand for timber falls in China, and so do prices. Why?

So, what caused the current timber import price drop in China and how long’s it going to last for [...]

Foreign companies buy Polish wood en masse; huge rise in raw material prices

    Foreign brokers buy wood from Polish forests on a massive scale. This causes a huge increase [...]

Estonia: Record prices for softwood logs in Q3/2021

The main keyword of the third quarter of the year in Estonia is very high prices for both softwood and [...]

The European Union has introduced permanent anti-dumping measures against Russian plywood

    The European Commission has approved permanent import duties on birch plywood from Russia, which were previously [...]

Current trends in the global pellet market

    In 2020, wood pellet production in Europe was up 4% y-o-y and was 34 [...]