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 [...]
August 5, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East / Europe
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 [...]
August 5, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe / North America
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 [...]
August 5, 2019
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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 [...]
August 2, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region / China
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 [...]
August 2, 2019
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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 [...]
July 31, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Russia
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 [...]
July 31, 2019
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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 [...]
July 31, 2019
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Canfor announces new production curtailments
Canfor Corporation announced further capacity reductions at two of its British Columbia sawmills with an indefinite [...]
July 30, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
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