Japan to open 33 biomass power plants
Japan has witnessed a surge in biomass power plants after FIT (feed in tariff) system was introduced in July 2012 [...]
May 7, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Asia & Middle East
Canadian lumber giants to be affected by slow US housing market
The US housing market is stumbling, which makes two of Canada’s top lumber producers, West Fraser Timber Co. and [...]
April 15, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Wood Construction / North America
Nippon Paper to start production of wood pellets
Nippon Paper Industries, Tokyo, plans to produce heavy efficient-burning wood pellets as to use them as biomass fuel for [...]
April 8, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Pulp & Paper / Wood Energy / Asia & Middle East
Softwood lumber prices drop in major global markets
Global trade of softwood lumber has continued to trend upward ever since the global financial crises in 2008. In 2014 [...]
March 19, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
Canadian sawmills continue to expand in the U.S.
Canadian and U.S. softwood lumber producers reported modest gains in 2014 as lumber demand continues to rise slowly (but [...]
March 9, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / North America
Chinese wood products industry continues to expand in 2014
In 2014, China's forest products industry output value and trade value reached US$ 848 billion and US$ 138 billion [...]
February 5, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / China
Japan to run wood biomass in power generation facilities
In Japan, after FIT (feed in tariff) system was introduced in July 2012, many plans of wood biomass power generation [...]
January 19, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy
China ends commercial logging in natural forests
President Xi Jinping has signalled that all natural forests should be protected. According to Zhao Shucong, Head of the State [...]
January 15, 2015
Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / China
EU laminate flooring markets go up last year
According to a conservative extrapolation for 2014, the 21 ordinary member companies of the EPLF, i.e. the European producers [...]
January 8, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
