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Largest North American hardwood producer to close one of its sawmills due to trade war with China

    The largest North American hardwood supplier will close one of its Washington sawmills because of the [...]

The 67th International Softwood Conference 2019 coming up this month

    Antwerp, on the crossroads of international trade and a major harbour for wood and wood products [...]

European softwood logs exports to China triple as the bark beetle infestation advances

    As the bark beetle infestation ravages European forests and consequently the supply of logs has increased [...]

US wood pellet produces to increase wood pellet prices

    For September 2019, Canadian wholesale and retail wood pellet prices are as-yet unchanged from the [...]

EU tropical wood trade up 16% in H1/2019

The EU’s trade in tropical wood products was more buoyant in the first half of this year compared to [...]

Many wood-based panel mills closed in China

Because of the new environmental regulations many wood processing mills in the Manzhouli, Suifenhe and Erlianhot areas have stopped production [...]

Raute delivers plywood mill to Russia’s Segezha Group

Raute Corporation has received orders worth approximately EUR 58 million from Segezha Group to Russia.    The [...]

Sharp rise in Russian wood pellets exported to Europe

    The average price of Russian wood pellets sent to the European Union countries in January-July [...]

The European Panel Federation to criticize VOC requirements introduced in Germany

The European Wood-based Panel Federation (EPF) raises the alarm against the current threat to European harmonisation and progress posed [...]

Production costs for North American wood pellet producers on the rise

    Many pellet manufacturers in North America have had to increase the usage of logs for their [...]