Forestry

Russian forest industry in crisis due to warm weather that impedes logging

The forest industry in Russia is currently in a crisis situation because of the abnormally warm weather this winter. The [...]
February 12, 2020 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Russia

Trump wants to help plant 1 trillion trees

    President Trump announced the United States will join a 1 trillion trees initiative launched at the [...]
February 12, 2020 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America

Germany: Calls for more softwood planting

    The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rohholz eV – the Working Group on Raw Wood Consumers – (AGR), a voluntary association of [...]
February 10, 2020 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe

European softwood logs invade the Chinese; market prices down sharply

    European beetle logs have flooded the Chinese market. In the first ten months of the year [...]

UPM could close Chapelle mill in France

In September 2019, UPM announced plans to sell its Chapelle newsprint mill in Grand-Couronne, France.      [...]

Central European bark beetle crisis puts pressure on timber prices

    The situation is described by industry insiders as serious and likely to impact the entire forestry [...]

U.S. lumber company found importing high-risk Peruvian timber

    An investigation by illegal-logging watchdog Timberleaks has found that a New Orleans-based lumber company [...]

New Zealand: Sawmill start to close as overseas market subsidies inflate log prices

Sawmills in New Zealand find it hard to be profitable when overseas competitors can benefit from subsidies, the main timber [...]

Russian softwood logs exports collapse in 2019

    Russian softwood logs exports dropped by 27% in the third quarter of last year; with exports [...]
February 10, 2020 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Russia

Gelo Holzwerk to invest in a new sawmill in Germany

Gelo Holzwerk announced EUR 38.5 million greenfield investment in a completely new sawmill location at the Wunsiedel energy park [...]