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Pine market struggles continue in China, prices stay at low levels

Despite being in the traditional peak season, the timber market in China is still showing no significant improvement. Even pine [...]
December 10, 2024 Latest Trends

EU abandons ‘No Risk’ EUDR status, sticks to December 2025 deadline

Simplified requirements for countries with sustainable forest management practices and a potential emergency delay are part of the latest discussions [...]
December 10, 2024 Latest Trends

San Group files for creditor protection after Port Alberni layoffs

San Group, which operates two sawmills and a remanufacturing plant in Port Alberni, is facing financial difficulties and has implemented [...]
December 10, 2024 Latest Trends

Segezha Group plans €980 million SPO to manage debt

The forestry holding Segezha Group plansto place an additional share issue by closed subscription at a price of €0.017 [...]
December 10, 2024 Latest Trends

Roseburg Forest Products streamlines operations

Roseburg Forest Products recently announced the layoff of approximately 2.5% of its workforce across North American operations, citing soft [...]
December 10, 2024 Latest Trends

Timber! New book reveals how wood can help save the planet from climate change

As the director of public affairs at CEI-Bois (the European Confederation of the Woodworking Industry) and EOS (the European [...]
December 10, 2024 Latest Trends

Ziegler insolvency: Search for investors underway

After the holding company of the Ziegler Group timber company and numerous subsidiaries filed for insolvency, the provisional insolvency administrator [...]
December 6, 2024

Operations of Metsä Group’s Suolahti plywood mill to close down in stages

The statutory negotiations concerning Metsä Wood’s Suolahti plywood mill, part of Metsä Group, which began in October, have ended [...]
December 6, 2024 Latest Trends

Austria and Germany welcome EUDR postponement but call for urgent revision

On December 3, 2024, the European Union provisionally agreed to delay the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by [...]
December 6, 2024 Latest Trends

Stora Enso’s giant forest sales may attract others

Stora Enso plans to sell twelve percent of its forest holdings, which corresponds to 168,000 hectares. It is the [...]
December 6, 2024 Latest Trends