Europe

Germany: Market situation tense due to low availability of wood

      The domestic demand for wood in Germany has increased overall due to increased exports [...]

Stora Enso delivers impressive performance in its Wood Products division

Stora Enso’s Wood Products division saw record results in the first quarter of 2021. Among other things, the division [...]

Finland: Log prices rise steadily in March

    In March, the average stumpage price for pine logs in Finland was EUR 59.3 per [...]

Considerable rise in UK timber and panel imports

The recovery in UK import volume seen in the second half of 2020 continued in January 2021 with timber and [...]

Sharp rise in softwood sawlog prices in Austria due to booming demand and low availability

Sharply rising prices with extremely lively global demand for building materials. All timber products are currently following this development. Above [...]

Södra to increase timber prices due to strong demand in market

    Sweden's Södra raises the price for timber, pulpwood, small timber and logs. At the [...]

Danzer sells Bradford sawmill in Pennsylvania

German hardwood specialist Danzer has closed the sale of its hardwood lumber sawmill in Bradford, Pennsylvania. Danzer sold the facility [...]

Russian Sveza plans large investment in a new sawmill and pellet plant

    Russian Sveza plans to invest 8.6 billion rubles (EUR 93.4 million) in the construction [...]

France’s wood industry welcomes government’s plan to boost industry

France’s wood sector has welcomed the government’s move to update a strategic contract for the industry to bring [...]

Ligna cancels this year’s event

    Perhaps it was to be expected that given the pandemic situation and the knock-on travel [...]