Norske Skog invests in doubling wood pellets capacity at facility in New Zealand
The Norske Skog group has decided to invest about A$ 7 million ($5 million) to upgrade the Nature’s Flame [...]
December 12, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Energy / Australia and Pacific Region / Europe
Softwood lumber prices in Austria go down during November
In November, most softwood lumber assortments in Austria are on a declining price trend. The only [...]
December 12, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Europe
Belarus exports of lumber keep on growing in the 3Q/2018
In the third quarter of this year, Belarusian exporters sold 859,000 m³ of lumber worth US $ 93.7 million [...]
December 12, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Central/West Africa: Dropping pressure on FOB tropical logs prices
Central/ West African producers report a slight easing of sawnwood and log FOB prices (Euro basis) being offered by buyers [...]
December 12, 2018
Market Analysis / Wood Industry Prices / ...Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Africa
European imports of tropical logs recover this year
After a downturn in 2017, the quantity of EU imports of tropical logs recovered ground in the first nine months [...]
December 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Europe / South America
China regains share in US plywood market
US imports of hardwood plywood fell by 9% in September with an across-the-board decline in both volume and [...]
December 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / China / North America
ENplus certification for wood pellets launches its revision process
The European Pellet Council (EPC), governing body of the ENplus® certification for wood pellets, has announced [...]
December 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Wood Energy / ...Europe
US softwood lumber prices rise at the end of November
A mostly measured sales pace was reported across the most of US framing lumber species at the end of November [...]
December 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
Wood pellets prices in Central Europe rising in November
Wood pellets prices of Austria, Germany and Switzerland (DACH region) were increasingly converging in November. While [...]
December 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Europe
UK to limit the use of CLT in construction
The UK government is banning combustible materials on new high-rise homes, revealing that it will limit the use of [...]
December 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Construction / Europe