Sweden: Holmen to boost production capacity at Iggesund Sawmill
Holmen has announced they are investing SEK 400 million (EUR 39 million) in their Iggesund Sawmill [...]
December 13, 2021
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West Fraser completes OSB mill acquisition from Georgia Pacific
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has completed the acquisition of Georgia Pacific’s oriented strand board [...]
December 10, 2021
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Top global lumber companies: large acquisitions and expansions continue
With lumber companies being flush with cash from record prices in 2020 and 2021, there continues to be several new [...]
December 8, 2021
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Trends in the Russian wood-based panels market
Good market dynamics exist in the Russian wood-based panels market, with a rise in plant investment projects there. [...]
December 8, 2021
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Canfor hardest-hit by US lumber duties
Canfor Corp. is bearing the brunt as new tariffs on softwood lumber exports into the United States come into effect [...]
December 8, 2021
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Egger plans to expand production in North America
Egger Wood Products announced that it intends to invest $50 million in additional equipment for its [...]
December 7, 2021
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Lithuanian timber exports to China blocked due to political dispute
China downgraded its diplomatic ties with the Baltic state and suspended consular services there after the Taiwanese Representative Office in [...]
December 7, 2021
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West Fraser’s lumber shipments drop up to 30% on BC floods
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. said weekly lumber shipments from the west of the country plunged [...]
December 2, 2021
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EU’s deforestation-risk countries’ ban to have far-reaching effects for wood trade
On 17 November 2021, the European Commission announced a Proposal for a new Regulation to reduce [...]
December 2, 2021
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BC lumber producer to suspend production due to lack of logs
Skeena Sawmills has announced that they are temporarily suspended operations at their Terrace, B.C. sawmill [...]
December 1, 2021
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