Former closed sawmill in BC converts to wood pellets
A sawmill in McBride, B.C., that shutdown 13 years ago is getting a new life [...]
June 24, 2019
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Louisiana-Pacific to close OSB mill in BC
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) is the latest company to join a growing list of lumber producers [...]
June 24, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / North America
Tropical timber imports to benefit from EU deforestation policies
Increasingly the twin concepts of “zero deforestation” and “embodied deforestation” lie at the heart of European policy making, both in [...]
June 24, 2019
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Massive curtailments in BC push US softwood lumber prices up
Additional and significant curtailments announced in British Columbia jolted the framing lumber market out of a five-week losing streak [...]
June 24, 2019
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Sonae-Arauco ceases laminate operations in Horn, Germany
GHP Glunz Holzwerkstoffproduktions - GmbH (“GHP”) intends to cease all operations at its Horn Bad Meinberg site [...]
June 24, 2019
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Swedish softwood lumber exports to China collapse, but compensated with booming deliveries to Egypt
Sweden increased softwood lumber exports to Egypt by 68.2% y-o-y in first quarter [...]
June 24, 2019
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Boise Cascade expands plywood plant in South Carolina
Boise Cascade Company will expand its existing operations in Chester County, South Carolina. The engineered wood products and plywood maker [...]
June 24, 2019
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Norbord to permanently close OSB mill in BC
Norbord Inc. has announced its intention to indefinitely curtail production at its oriented strand board (OSB [...]
June 24, 2019
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UPM’s sawmills are running at full speed
UPM Timber welcomed Aki Temmes, 41, to the position of Senior Vice President of Business in late April. He transferred [...]
June 24, 2019
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Södra expands drying capabillity in Sweden
Södra chose Heinola to supply new Progressive kilns for the sawmill in Värö, Sweden. Heinola will deliver two [...]
June 24, 2019
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