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Austrian Binderholz enters US market with acquisition of Klausner Lumber One

In a virtual auction held on Friday, August 21st, 2020, The Austrian binderholz Group, was able to purchase and secure [...]

Covid-19 significantly disrupts Indian imports of logs

    India continues to face Covid-19 issues and is currently a much smaller market for logs [...]

Canadian lumber giants’ shares on a booming trend due to record lumber prices

    New record high prices for lumber and wood panel products thanks to continuing robust demand from [...]

Australian softwood logs export hits record high as Chinese demand is very active

    Australia’s softwood log exports exploded to a new monthly record in June, with total exports [...]

China to buy bark beetle-infested spruce from Germany, spurning Canada

    The bark beetle has been a headache for Andreas Voss, chief wood marketer of Germany's [...]

Current wood imports and inventories in China

Softwood log stocks at China’s main ocean ports totalled 4.44 million m3 at the end of June 2020 [...]

Europe lumber suppliers benefit from record prices in US

The prices of exported lumber from Europe to the United States has doubled for European suppliers since mid-April. With [...]

Germany deployed army in forests to fight against the bark beetle

In the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate, the German army has been deployed to fight against bark beetles. In the neighboring [...]

World’s largest MDF plant to be build in China

With the construction of an 80 meter long CPS +, DIEFFENBACHER sets a record for the world's longest continuous press [...]

Downward trend in Russian sawn timber prices continues

The Russian sawn timber market has remained challenging for both traders and distributors in June, with wholesale prices still at [...]