Forestry

FSC to sanction Korean-Indonesian company

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has sanctioned Korean-Indonesian conglomerate Korindo for clearing tropical forests in Indonesia to produce palm [...]

Prospects for American Softwoods on the European market

American Softwoods Consultant, Charles Trevor, was interviewed by AEIM (Spanish Association of Wood Trade and Industry) and the article appeared [...]

Falling softwood lumber in US

The measured pace in US framing lumber trading that began in early July persisted into the latter part of the [...]

New Zealand exports more logs, despite falling log prices

    New Zealand exported more logs and wood in June 2019, despite falling log prices overseas. In [...]

Lower sawlog costs in Germany drive the lumber industry export sales

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

Russia: Sveza plans to set up its own logging company

    Russian plywood manufacturer Sveza has set up its own logging company, Sveza Resource LLC. The company [...]

Worst bark beetle infestation in decades expected in France

    Long waves of heat, dry weather have brought the worst bark beetle infestation in two decades [...]

US lumber prices start to drop after weeks of growth

After several weeks of consistent growth, the US lumber prices fell quite considerably last week. On average, lumber prices fell [...]

Canfor announces new production curtailments

    Canfor Corporation announced further capacity reductions at two of its British Columbia sawmills with an indefinite [...]

Bark beetle logging doubled in Czech forests

In the first half of 2019, the number of bark beetle logged wood in the Czech State Forests more than [...]
July 29, 2019 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe