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Increased lumber exports from Brazil boost domestic sawlog prices

    Sawlog prices have increased in the local currency in Brazil in 2018 thanks to higher demand [...]

Lumber prices in the US keep on going down at the beginning of 2019

    US traders welcomed a new year, but failed to discern a clear direction for the market [...]

Outlook of the global lumber markets in 2019

After surviving a global slowdown in 2015, world lumber markets became favourable as a general trend of rising prices took [...]

UAE’s wood products demand forecast to rise sharply due to $2.4 trillion worth of construction projects

The wood industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expected to boom over the next two years as the [...]

Sawn hardwood imports in the EU kept on going up in 2018

Total EU sawn hardwood imports were up 4% for the first nine months of 2018 at 1.62 million cu [...]

Armstrong completes sale of its Wood Flooring division

Armstrong Flooring announced that it has completed the previously disclosed sale of its Wood Flooring segment to an affiliate of [...]

Sawmill industry in Austria forecast at record levels in 2018

Wood processing in Austria has benefited from the vibrant construction economy at home and abroad for more than 3 years [...]

Segezha Group started wood pellet production at its new plant in Russia

Segezha Group has started in December the production of wood pellets at the company’s Lesosibirsky LDK No. 1 factory [...]

Egger Group reports major turnover increase for 2018

    The Egger Group with headquarters in St. Johann in Tirol (Austria) closed with a consolidated turnover [...]

The European Union calls on Ukraine to lift the moratorium on the export of roundwood

The European Union has called on Ukraine to lift the moratorium on the export of roundwood, as well as to [...]
December 21, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe