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New York City approves use of CLT for six-storey buildings

The New York City Council has approved the use of mass timber for the construction of buildings of up to [...]

Sharp drop in New Zealand log export prices in October

With record high prices in the traditionally slow months of June and July now, New Zealand log export prices have [...]

CLT production capacities expected to rise sharply as demand continues to grow

    At the Ligna Forum Digital, four industry experts discussed the prospects for CLT production and discussed [...]
October 19, 2021

China timber demand sluggish despite start of construction season

It looked like things were stabilising in September with in-market pricing seemingly finding a floor level and some exporters [...]

Commission suspects UPM, Stora Enso and Metsä of cartel activities

The European Commission’s competition authorities began separate, unannounced inspections of the premises of Finnish forestry firms UPM and Stora [...]

US lumber prices could rocket again this fall, next spring

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has penned a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to take actions [...]

HS Timber plans to build a 500,000 m³/yr sawmill in Argentina

    HS Timber Group, the former Schweighofer Group, plans to build a new sawmill in Gobernador Virasoro [...]

UK’s softwood lumber imports up 43%

Seven months into 2021 and volumes of lumber and panels imported by the UK were nearly 2 million m³ higher [...]

Segezha to become second lumber producer in Europe with giant acquisition

    A deal between investment group Bonum Capital and Russian forestry major Segezha will create the largest [...]

Sharp decline in demand for softwood lumber in Germany; sawmills adjust production

    The corona lockdown, drought and forest damage in 2020 was followed by extreme demand in spring [...]