Trump wants to help plant 1 trillion trees
President Trump announced the United States will join a 1 trillion trees initiative launched at the [...]
February 12, 2020
Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Germany: Calls for more softwood planting
The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rohholz eV – the Working Group on Raw Wood Consumers – (AGR), a voluntary association of [...]
February 10, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Overview of the Russian plywood market and price evolution
Plywood sales in the Russian market fell from 1.7% to 12.9% per year from 2014 to 2018. Russian [...]
February 10, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Pulp & Paper / Wood-based Panels / Europe
European softwood logs invade the Chinese; market prices down sharply
European beetle logs have flooded the Chinese market. In the first ten months of the year [...]
February 10, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / China / Europe
UPM could close Chapelle mill in France
In September 2019, UPM announced plans to sell its Chapelle newsprint mill in Grand-Couronne, France. [...]
February 10, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Pulp & Paper / Europe
Central European bark beetle crisis puts pressure on timber prices
The situation is described by industry insiders as serious and likely to impact the entire forestry [...]
February 10, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Europe
Mayr-Melnhof to invest EUR 130 million in a new cross-laminated timber plant
Austrian company Mayr-Melnhof will invest € 130 million on new cross-laminated timber production plant at the company's site [...]
February 10, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Construction / Europe
U.S. lumber company found importing high-risk Peruvian timber
An investigation by illegal-logging watchdog Timberleaks has found that a New Orleans-based lumber company [...]
February 10, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America / South America
Current trends in the Japanese wood pellet market
The earthquake, tsunami and resulting damage to the Fukushima nuclear power plant, triggered by the Great [...]
February 10, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Asia & Middle East
New Zealand: Sawmill start to close as overseas market subsidies inflate log prices
Sawmills in New Zealand find it hard to be profitable when overseas competitors can benefit from subsidies, the main timber [...]
February 10, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region
