Latvia’s forest industry affected by current global events
Last week, representatives of the Latvian Wood Industry Federation (LKF) and the board of JSC "Latvijas [...]
October 7, 2022
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World’s largest pellet plant starts production in Mississippi
The world’s largest wood pellet plant is nearly fully operational in Lucedale, Mississippi. [...]
October 7, 2022
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Wood energy: European forest industry reacts to the amendments voted by the European Parliament
The EU Parliament recently voted on numerous initiatives that will have a significant impact on the sawmill and timber industry [...]
October 7, 2022
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Substitutes for Russian birch plywood in the European market
Global plywood production was around 105 million m3 in 2021. The Asia-Pacific region is the biggest plywood producer, followed [...]
October 7, 2022
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China’s softwood log demand still low due to Covid-19 policies
China softwood log inventory has reduced by about 1m m3 over the last month to be below the 4m m3 [...]
October 4, 2022
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The current state of the European sawmill industry
The prices of finished wood products fall significantly, while the entire European sawmill sector is currently experiencing through a very [...]
October 4, 2022
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Russian timber evades US sanctions via Vietnam and China, says environmental group
Russian birch wood continues to flow to US consumers disguised as Asian products, despite US economic [...]
October 4, 2022
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French oak log prices at record levels despite uncertain market
How much longer will the planets remain aligned for the oak tree? At the beginning of September 2022 [...]
October 3, 2022
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Sweden’s softwood lumber exports: less to Europe, more to US and Asia
In the first seven months of 2022, Sweden has exported about 7,7 million cubic meters of sawn and planed [...]
October 3, 2022
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US lumber prices fall to around pre-pandemic levels
US lumber prices have fallen to their lowest level in more than two years, bringing two-by-fours back to [...]
October 3, 2022
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