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Enviva will acquire 500,000t of wood pellets annually from Portuguese company

    Navigator, the Portugese forest industrial company, will sell its pellets business, together with the 500,000 [...]

Vietnam wooden products exports reach $9 billion in 2018

    Vietnam's forestry products exports are forecast to reach $9 billion this year. The value of [...]

Valutec brings two more continuous kilns to Central Europe

    Austria's Hasslacher Norica Timber and Germany's Robeta Holzindustrie have chosen Valutec to deliver two [...]

Austria: wood pellets price up by 5% in January

The average price of wood pellets in Austria has reached 241 € per tonne of wood pellets or 4.92 Cent [...]

Softwood lumber imports from UK to Europe not affected by Brexit

    UK's softwood lumber imports from the European Union countries haven't been yet affected by [...]

Japan adjusts biomass subsidies due to increased demand

Japanese regulators announced at the end of 2017 about plans to stop the issuance of set price Feed-in-Tariff [...]

European sawmills expand market share in East Asia

During the last few years softwood lumber import in Southeast Asia has increased dramatically with China as the top performer [...]

New Zealand’s log prices at historical level

Export log prices in New Zealand reached new record in January 2018, boosted by continued strong demand from China, a [...]

Egger grows production at St. Johann mill with Siempelkamp technology

Egger invests in a new short-cycle press at its St. Johann mill in Austria. With the new equipment, the [...]

European parquet market reports third consecutive year of growth in 2017

    Consumption figures for parquet in Europe keeps increasing for the third year in a row. During [...]