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Swedish sawmills exported less lumber to China

    The Swedish sawmills exported 3.2 million m3 of sawn and planed lumber during the Jan [...]

Russian timber sector boosts production capacity

The Russian timber sector is in buoyant mood and increasing capacity, including in wood-based construction, after a robust performance [...]

Rising construction sector improves French timber market

In France, the importers association Le Commerce du Bois reports that trade was buoyed by 2%-plus GDP growth last [...]

US lumber prices continue rising trend

    Framing lumber prices in the US have started to regain stability last week, after steep double [...]

Angelina Forest Products wants to build $100 million sawmill in Texas in 2019

Angelina Forest Products announces plan to build a $100 million sawmill in Lufkin, Texas, US. This is part of a [...]

Segezha Group searches for CLT production equipment supply in Europe

Segezha Group (affiliated to Sistema JSFC) and Sokol Timber Company JSC, Russian leader of housebuilding, have recently visited major European [...]

EPA introduces new regulation for composite wood products

The Environmental Protection Agency has determined that as of June 1, 2018, all imported and domestically-produced composite wood panels [...]

Supply of Vietnamese eucalyptus plywood is running short

Supply of Vietnamese eucalyptus plywood for crating is getting tight so the distribution volume in Japan is dropping considerably, reports [...]

EU wants to establish a 32% share for renewable energy by 2030

On 27 June 2018, EU ambassadors endorsed the provisional agreement reached by the Bulgarian Presidency on the revision of the [...]

Sawmill industry in Germany predicts positive 2018 outlook, based on good results at the beginning of the year

    The German sawmill industry was able to conclude the year 2017 positively, while during the course [...]