US housing starts drop sharply due to skyrocketing lumber prices
U.S. homebuilding fell more than expected in April, likely pulled down by soaring prices for lumber and [...]
May 24, 2021
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Is the lumber price rally in Germany long-lasting?
The coronavirus crisis has hit many sectors of the economy in Germany, but the lumber industry [...]
May 21, 2021
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N. American lumber boom not supported by new sawmills
North America’s sawmills can’t keep up with demand, which has sent wood prices on a meteoric rise. Don [...]
May 21, 2021
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Record logging due to bark beetles in the Czech Republic; state subsidies compensate low wood prices
Last year, the Czech state-owned company Lesy České republiky (LČR) ended up with a [...]
May 21, 2021
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N. American lumber prices start to drop
North American umber prices fell for the fifth consecutive day on Friday, May 14. After soaring [...]
May 19, 2021
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Russian government confirms log exports ban starting 2022
The Russian government is not considering lifting the ban on the export of logs, which will enter into force in [...]
May 19, 2021
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Weyerhaeuser invests $157 million sawmill upgrade
Weyerhaeuser will invest $157 million in a multi-year, two-phase project to upgrade equipment and modernize its sawmill in [...]
May 19, 2021
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EU Commission sets provisional anti-dumping duties on Russian birch plywood
Back in October 2020, The European Union launched an anti-dumping procedure for the import of [...]
May 18, 2021
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Egypt’s: Wood imports in scarce supply, insane price increases
Temporary imports glut. This is the accurate description of the situation in Egypt, where the late arrival of wood to [...]
May 18, 2021
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Recovery of lumber production capacity in N. America is not as easy as imagined
Although the price of lumber rose sharply during this period, Canadian production capacity did not increase [...]
May 18, 2021
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