Swedish logging set to rise slightly in 2025
Logging in Sweden in 2025 is expected to increase modestly compared with last year, according to a forecast from the [...]
October 1, 2025
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Russia’s forestry crisis deepens as Siberian timber giant files for bankruptcy
Tobol Timber, one of Siberia’s largest timber companies, is facing bankruptcy after Russia’s Federal Tax Service filed a [...]
October 1, 2025
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European softwood sawmills face mounting crisis as log prices surge
Softwood sawlog prices have soared to record levels across Europe in 2025, putting unprecedented pressure on sawmills in Central Europe [...]
September 30, 2025
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Finland’s largest sawmill company posts surprisingly financial performance
Finland’s largest sawmill operator posted a surprisingly strong financial performance in the fiscal year ending in June, showing that [...]
September 30, 2025
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Roseburg Forest Products to cease hardwood plywood production
Roseburg Forest Products announced it has ceased operations at its Dillard Hardwood Plywood facility and will exit the hardwood plywood [...]
September 30, 2025
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US lumber prices hold firm on demand expectations
Lumber futures traded above $580 per thousand board feet in September, holding above earlier month lows as tightening supply and [...]
September 30, 2025
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B.C. lumber sector in crisis with rising duties, weak markets, and log shortages
B.C. lumber producers face potentially heavy losses as commodity prices continue to fall while punitive U.S. softwood lumber [...]
September 30, 2025
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Trump to impose steep tariffs on furniture
President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs on wood-derived goods, targeting imports of furniture and related products. The measures [...]
September 30, 2025
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Metsä Group to purchase timber at full capacity this autumn
The timber trade slowed down in the summer and has continued to be quiet in early autumn. However, Metsä Group [...]
September 26, 2025
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US removes tariffs on EU softwood and Latin American hardwood pulp
US President Donald Trump has lifted import tariffs on softwood pulp from the European Union, a move aimed at normalizing [...]
September 26, 2025
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