West Fraser reports drop in lumber production
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has reported its third quarter 2019 results:   [...]
October 31, 2019
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Norbord to curtail one OSB production line in Georgia, US
Norbord Inc. announced that effective mid-November, it will indefinitely curtail production on Line 1 of its two-line oriented [...]
October 28, 2019
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Granuul Invest completes acquisition of former German Pellets assets in Texas
Acquisition of the Texas Pellets pellet manufacturing plant offers a possibility to increase the group´s production capacity up to [...]
October 28, 2019
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ISC 2019: Bark beetle crisis in the European lumber market expected to continue for years
Disruption in European lumber market caused by log glut from bark beetle infestation is expected to [...]
October 28, 2019
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India, a growing market for US hardwood producers
According to the latest statistics, U.S. hardwood lumber shipped to India from January to August of this year increased [...]
October 25, 2019
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Kronospan plans a new chipboard plant in Russia
Peter Kindl, founder of Kronospan Holding Ltd, attended a working meeting with regional governor of the [...]
October 25, 2019
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Prefabricated wood construction to make new leap in Chile
The Chilean company E2E is a joint venture between Arauco and the Belgian company Etex. Its [...]
October 25, 2019
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BC company signs major agreement to export wood pellets to Japan
A British Columbia company has signed an agreement to provide 100,000 tonnes of wood pellets to fuel a biomass [...]
October 25, 2019
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Record area of FSC certified forests in Russia
In October 2019, the area of forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and the number of FSC certificates for [...]
October 25, 2019
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The bark beetle infestation hits the French softwood market
What volumes of wood will be harvested in France in 2019? Difficult to answer this question [...]
October 23, 2019
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