Russia threatens to ban timber exports to China due to illegal logging issues
Russia could ban timber exports to China unless Beijing takes action to help mitigate the effects of illegal logging, a [...]
August 22, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Russia
Finnish Polkky Group to build 100,000 m3/year planing sawmill
Pölkky Oy has announced the construction of a new planing mill in Taivalkoski, Finland. The [...]
August 22, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Conifex to indefinitely curtail its El Dorado sawmill
Conifex Timber Inc. announced that it is indefinitely curtailing operations at its El Dorado sawmill. The curtailment is [...]
August 21, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Lumber production in North America drops, while Canadian output goes 10% down
U.S. sawmills produced 14.647 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first [...]
August 21, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
European countries to benefit from US-China trade war
The additional tariffs on US imports from China threatened by US President Donald Trump would damage China, while giving the [...]
August 21, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Woodworking Machinery / China / Europe / North America
Stora Enso to close sawmill in Finland
Efora, that specialises in industrial maintenance and engineering services, owned by Finnish-Swedish forest industry company Stora Enso, begins employer [...]
August 21, 2019
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Jim Pattinson makes offer to take over Canfor
Jim Pattison's Great Pacific Capital Corp. has made an offer to buy the rest of Canfor Corp. it does [...]
August 21, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Cheaper sawlogs in Estonia
At a price of EUR 73.84/m3 and EUR 76.54/m3 respectively, pine and [...]
August 19, 2019
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EU imported more tropical sawnwood this year
Total EU tropical sawn wood imports for January to May were ahead 13.9% on the 2018 figure at 405 [...]
August 19, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Europe / South America
Czechia boosts exports of beetle wood to China
Logs exported from the Czech Republic to China have increased significantly this year, as a result of a record harvesting [...]
August 19, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Europe
