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Western Forest Products announces indefinite curtailment of Alberni Pacific Division facility

Western Forest Products Inc. announced the indefinite curtailment of its Alberni Pacific Division facility, located in Port Alberni, British Columbia [...]
April 19, 2024 Latest Trends

Collapsed Baltimore Bridge causing wood product supply-chain disruptions

The 26 March the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge following a collision by a massive container ship [...]
April 19, 2024 Latest Trends

Sanctions are testing the forest industry of Russia’s Karelia

The forest industry of the Republic of Karelia suffers from a lack of machines and spare parts. China has become [...]
April 19, 2024 Latest Trends

Global wood industry outlook still faces economic challenges

The global wood industry faces economic challenges amid sluggish growth in key regions like China, the US, and Europe. Stable [...]
April 18, 2024 Latest Trends

Austria: Sawlog prices facing downward pressure due to market saturation

The Austrian sawmill industry is well stocked with softwood logs, and the market is saturated regionally. The early April foehn [...]
April 18, 2024 Latest Trends

Development trends of China’s wood-based panel trade

China's wood-based panel import and export are faced dual challenges from domestic and foreign markets from 2020 to [...]
April 18, 2024 Latest Trends

Södra raises timber prices again; cites raw material deficit

The price adjustments cover softwood pulpwood, hardwood pulpwood, fuelwood, timber, and small sawn timber assortments. Södra justifies the price [...]
April 17, 2024 Latest Trends

Poland: Protest of the timber industry against logging moratorium

On Tuesday, April 16, a Poland timber industry protest will be held in Białystok related to the situation of [...]
April 17, 2024 Latest Trends

Two Rivers Lumber to build $115 million sawmill in Alabama

Two Rivers Lumber Co. LLC plans to invest $115 million to build a state-of-the-art sawmill in Coosa [...]
April 17, 2024 Latest Trends

World’s largest import markets for OSB in 2023

Mills manufacturing OSB in North America expanded over the past ten years. Since 2012, North American OSB mill capacity increased [...]
April 17, 2024 Latest Trends