Forestry

German sawyers’ profits booming, as forests are ravaged by bark beetle and drought

    Sales of German sawmills, planing mills and wood impregnators have increased nominally by around 33% over [...]

Stora Enso to appoint new CEO

Annica Bresky will become chief executive of Finnish pulp, paper and packaging board giant Stora Enso Oyj from December, taking [...]

US softwood lumber prices continue to improve

    The mix of different types of building that make up the critical U.S. housing market [...]

US-China trade war hits Rayonier’s timber segment

Rayonier Inc.’s New Zealand and Pacific Northwest timber segments faced challenging conditions during Q2, according to the company’s [...]

France: Price of logs at auctions drop sharply due to China-US trade war

The euphoria that characterized France's oak market in 2017-2018 is now about to end. This is one of [...]

Bark beetle crisis without precedent in Europe

    The forest emergency in Europe is at the beginning of a hard battle campaign against Bark [...]

US hardwoods face weak market in China

In September, the market trend of US hardwood still shows no obvious improvement in the Chinese market.     [...]

Stora Enso to establish a new Forest division

    Stora Enso announced establishment of a new Forest division to manage the recently acquired Swedish forest [...]

Germany: Declining sawlog prices due to large volumes of damaged wood

Large volumes of storm and insect damaged trees in Germany have resulted in an oversupply of logs and declining sawlog [...]

Current export prices for Brazilian logs, sawnwood and plywood

    Latest prices for Brazilian logs, sawnwood and plywood as of 16-31 August, 2019.   [...]