US Trade Commission proceeds with the potential import duties on Canadian lumber
The US International Trade Commission (USITC) will keep on with its investigation into antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of [...]
January 21, 2017
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Belarus softwood timber exports to the EU jump by 35% due to log export ban
As Belarus decided to ban exports of unprocessed wood starting January 1st, 2016, logs deliveries to Europe have stopped.  [...]
January 19, 2017
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe
Hadleigh Timber in UK has bought Timbmet
Timbmet, the timber supplier and processor, has been recently acquired by Hadleigh Timber, owner of Meyer Timber.   [...]
January 18, 2017
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe
SCA Group starts work for splitting into hygiene and forest products companies
SCA, the leading global hygiene and forest products company, has started the work on splitting the SCA Group into two [...]
January 17, 2017
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Pulp & Paper / North America
Roundwood prices in Switzerland kept stable in 2016
The forestry industry in Switzerland got positive results during last year, both for the timber harvest and the energy market [...]
January 12, 2017
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Wood Energy / Europe
Higher roundwood prices affect the German sawmill industry competitiveness
Worldwide roundwood prices are falling, but there is still a constant distance between the high German and significantly lower international [...]
April 5, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Industry Prices / Europe
Trudeau-Obama meeting might solve lumber trade dispute
Justin Trudeau’s visit to the Washington helped developing a closer connection in the solving of the ongoing Softwood Lumber [...]
March 14, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Lumber production in Canada increased by 8% in 2015
The Canadian lumber production increased by 8% in 2015, compared to 2014. Thus, production summed 26.7 billion board feet [...]
March 11, 2016
Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Softwood lumber global trade reaches 10-year high in 2015
A majority of the 20 largest softwood lumber-consuming countries in the world increased their importation of lumber in 2015 [...]
March 5, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Albania bans logging for the next 10 years as to help forests regenerate
The forests in Albania have suffered major exploitation in the past 25 years, so the Albanian government has decided to [...]
February 29, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Europe