Metsä Group, Stora Enso, and UPM plan 6-day lock-out at sawmills, plywood mills in Finland
Finnish Forest Industries Federation said on Wednesday it would hold a 6-day lock-out from Dec. 12, closing half [...]
December 11, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Conifex considers asset divestment and restructuring plan in its lumber segment
Conifex Timber Inc. announced that the agent for its lumber segment lenders approved in principle Conifex's proposed asset divestment [...]
December 11, 2019
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Canfor announces 2 week shutdown for all its sawmills
Canfor is shutting down all 10 of its sawmills currently operating in B.C. over Christmas [...]
December 10, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Market conditions for U.S. hardwood in the Chinese market improve
Recently, the weakness of the U.S. hardwood industry has not improved, and shipments to China of various types of [...]
December 10, 2019
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Germany: Sales of wood products rise 1Q-3Q 2019 despite challenges
After nine months, the German timber trade sector increase its sales across all assortments by 2.5%. [...]
December 10, 2019
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Falling prices for sawlogs in Finland
Prices for sawlogs in Finland continued the downward trend in October 2019. The average price for pine sawlogs was EUR [...]
December 10, 2019
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IKEA to acquire forestland in East Texas, doubles US forestlands
IKEA has acquired 42,000 acres of forestland in East Texas to source wood for its furniture. [...]
December 9, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Europe / North America
U.S. can‘t show harm from Canadian softwood industry, NAFTA says
A joint NAFTA panel has given the United States three months to rethink its tariffs on imported Canadian softwood lumber [...]
December 9, 2019
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Shortage of logs in China, demand starts to rise sharply
The price for an A grade log in the China log market has risen to 124 per JASm3. There is [...]
December 9, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / China
Pulp and paper markets in Asia slow down as global economy cools
From January to August 2019, production of paper products and pulp recorded mixed trends across selected markets. Whereas production increased [...]
December 9, 2019
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