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Canada’s Pinnacle buys 70% stake in Alabama wood pellets plant

    Canadian industrial wood pellet manufacturer Pinnacle Renewable Holdings Inc announced last week it has agreed to [...]

China’s tariffs on wood products might have a huge impact on the US hardwood industry

The Chinese tariffs on US hardwood exports might have a major impact on the hardwood sector in the US. On [...]

India: Current prices for wood products

    Demand for Indian imported logs has risen on the back of firmer domestic demand.    [...]

UK imports much less softwood lumber from the EU countries

UK's softwood lumber imports from the European Union countries seem to start being affected by Brexit, as shown in [...]
September 12, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Europe

Rising sawlog and pulpwood prices in Finland

The stumpage price level continued to rise in June. Compared to the previous month, the real stumpage price level rose [...]

Recent trends in Poland’s sawmill industry

Poland is one of the European countries with a high forest potential. In terms of forest area it is sixth [...]

Slower global softwood lumber exports to China

The export of softwood lumber to China from leading exporting countries worldwide amounted to approximately 2.31 million m³ in [...]

Lower softwood lumber prices in Austria

    Softwood lumber prices in Austria have overall dropped slightly in July. Compared with June, only the [...]

New Japanese power plants to boost wood pellets imports after 2020

Demand of wood pellet in Japan is sharply increasing. Import of wood pellets is about six times higher than in [...]

Europe’s NGOs and the FSC try hard to increase use of lesser-known timber species

Efforts to increase uptake of lesser-known species have come not just from the industry, but also from NGOs and [...]
September 7, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe