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US wood pellets production boosts during Q1/2018

Pellet production in the US amounted to 406,380 tonnes of pellets for the heating market and 1,431m tonnes [...]

Lenzing and Duratex to build giant pulp mill in Brazil

Lenzing, the Austrian cellulose fibres producer, and Duratex, the Brazilian wood panels maker, announced plan to build a dissolving wood [...]

India: Latest prices for teak, sawnwood and plywood

    The price list for teak, sawnwood and plywood between 1-15 June, 2018.    [...]

Hasslacher Group expands its business in Slovenia

With effect from June 22, 2018, the Hasslacher Group has strengthened its involvement in neighboring Slovenia. The strategic partnership that [...]

Ilim Group makes $1 billion investment in its Ust-Ilimsk mill in Russia

    Ilim Group launches integrated investment project Big Ust-Ilimsk at Ilim's Mill in Ust-Ilimsk [...]

Chinese sawn softwood imports from Finland increased significantly in 2017

China’s 2017 sawn softwood imports surged 41% to 25.05 million cubic metres, accounting for 67% of total softwood [...]

Softwood lumber production in the US grows, while Canadian production falls

    US sawmills produce 8.557 bbf of softwood lumber in first three months of 2018, up [...]

US lumber prices fell during last week

    Prices for framing lumber in the US continued to go down, but in some cases the [...]

EU plywood demand cautiously forecast to upbeat 2018’s prospects

    Looking to the future, despite recent supply issues and price hikes, EU importers say that they [...]

Prices for New Zealand export logs reach 25-year high

    Structural log prices in New Zealand grew to the highest level for 25 years, once the [...]