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New opportunities for Latvian timber exports to the US

At the beginning of February, a large vessel with Latvian timber products to be exported to the USA was loaded [...]

Australia’s log exports collapse due to Chinese import ban

Australia’s log exports fell to a five-year low in December 2020, down 47% on the prior December and [...]

Pfeifer Group to double its CLT capacity

  The Austrian Pfeifer Group is increasing its production capacity to 100,000 m³ cross laminated timber (CLT) annually [...]

Louisiana-Pacific to convert Houlton OSB mill

Louisiana Pacific Corp., (LP) has announced it is making an investment of approximately $150 million into its Houlton mill to [...]

US lumber prices hit record despite slowdown in sales

  Western SPF (spruce, pine, fir) lumber prices rose to a four-digit close for the first time on [...]

Sales in the German wood industry benefit from high demand of construction sector

  The turnover of the German wood industry was around € 36.5 billion last year and thus 0.8 [...]

Outlook for the global wood pellet markets in 2021

After 2023 there is limited future growth forecast in the industrial wood pellet market. Europe and the UK will have [...]

Valutec reports rising demand from sawmills in Central Europe

  The last six months' sales to Germany and Austria amount to an order value of just over EUR [...]

German woodworking machinery industry expects growth in sales in 2021

  Despite the second lockdown and the associated restrictions, the German Woodworking Machinery Association still sees good chances for [...]

EIB provides EUR200 million loan to Metsä’s Kemi bioproduct mill

  The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a Euro 200 million loan agreement with Metsä Fibre Oy for [...]