Forestry

SCA Wood installs new planing mill at Tunadal location

SCA Wood inaugurated a new planing mill at its Tunadal location October 31, 2018. The investment accounted for SEK 80 [...]

Roundwood prices in Sweden get to their lowest level in the last 20 years

The delivery prices on sawlog and pulpwood prices in Sweden rose by 5.5 percent and 3.4 percent respectively [...]

Signing of the FLEGT-VPA expected to rise Vietnamese timber products exports to the EU market

The signing of the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) between Vietnam and the European [...]

Bark beetle infestation halves roundwood prices in the Czech Republic

Forests in the Czech Republic are suffering. Frequent periods of prolonged draught have weakened trees, leaving them prone to harmful [...]

The 7th Club du Bois meeting at the European Parliament focused on woodworking industry

The European Panel Federation (EPF), the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) and the European Confederation of Woodworking Industries [...]

Canfor reports drop in lumber segment

Lower lumber prices and severe forest fires in Western Canada are partially behind Canfor's Q3 decline in both its [...]

ETTF is now a member of CEI-Bois

The European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) decided at their General Assembly in Madrid this summer to become a member of [...]

US lumber prices hit lowest level in two years

Disappointment permeated US framing lumber markets, as trading lacked follow-through from the previous week’s pickup in sales. One [...]

Finnish roundwood prices on the rise in September

In September, the stumpage price for pine logs in Finland was EUR 61.6 per cubic metre,  and the price [...]

Russia: ULK Group to build large wood processing complex

Within five years, ULK Group of Companies will build from scratch the largest in Russia complex for deep processing of [...]