Trudeau-Obama meeting might solve lumber trade dispute
Justin Trudeau’s visit to the Washington helped developing a closer connection in the solving of the ongoing Softwood Lumber [...]
March 14, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Wood biomass is a main source of renewable energy in UNECE region
Wood energy accounts for 3.5% of the total primary energy supply (TPES) and 38.2% of the renewable energy [...]
March 8, 2016
Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe
Softwood lumber global trade reaches 10-year high in 2015
A majority of the 20 largest softwood lumber-consuming countries in the world increased their importation of lumber in 2015 [...]
March 5, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Albania bans logging for the next 10 years as to help forests regenerate
The forests in Albania have suffered major exploitation in the past 25 years, so the Albanian government has decided to [...]
February 29, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Europe
Lumber producers in Alberta are hopeful for SLA renewal to avoid trade war
The new softwood lumber agreement between Canada and the US is expected by the lumber producers in Alberta, as there [...]
February 28, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Turkey becomes the largest MDF producer in the EU
After Turkey strengthened its export markets in the last two decades, they have now become the largest medium-density fiberboard [...]
February 9, 2016
Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe
Softwood lumber exports from Sweden on an upward trend
In the first ten months of 2015, Sweden has exported about 10,7 million cubic meters of sawn and planed [...]
January 12, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Europe
Wood-based panels and timber imports strongly increase in the UK
UK’s demand for imported timber and wood-based panel imports jumped 15% to 9.66 million m3 in 2014 [...]
January 8, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
The EU analyzes VPA progress on legal timber imports with Liberia
Representatives of Liberia and the EU have met to review progress towards implementation of their Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), which [...]
January 5, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Africa / Europe
Solid biofuel market in the EU forecast to grow significantly by 2020
Current indices show that the amount of consumption of wood pellets and briquettes might grow approximately one and a half [...]
January 3, 2016
Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe
