Global prices for hardwood chips drop by 14%
Prices for hardwood chips traded overseas have been in steady decline since November 2011. In less than four years, the [...]
September 5, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
China’s Fenglin to build massive wood-processing plant in New Zealand
A Chinese company plans to invest US$250 million to build a massive wood-processing plant in New Zealand. Fenglin [...]
September 3, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Australia and Pacific Region / China
FedEx to increase use of wood biofuels
Global logistics giant FedEx Express has reinforced its commitment to increase use of renewable biofuel by signing a supply deal [...]
August 16, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Energy / North America
Japanese lumber demand expected to decrease
The Japanese Forest Agency made up demand projection of major wood products for the second half of this year. On [...]
August 16, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East
Japan logs exports up by 50%
Total volume of Japanese log export during January and May this year reached to 259,515 cbms, 47.5% more [...]
August 5, 2015
Market Analysis / Sawmilling / ...Asia & Middle East / China
German wood pellet production reaches all-time high
Approximately 980,000 tons of wood pellets were produced in Germany in the first half of 2015, as the German [...]
August 4, 2015
Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe
Moelven to close sawmill in Sweden
Norwegian wood-products company Moelven will shut down Nössemark Trä AB sawmill in Nössemark, Sweden, impacting 40 jobs [...]
July 16, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Europe
The impact of EUTR on the European furniture market
The recent downturn and subsequent recovery in deliveries from China and Vietnam may be partly attributable to the EU Timber [...]
July 16, 2015
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Wood Furniture / Europe
Wood-based panel production in China up by 7 percent
According to statistics from the State Forestry Administration the total output of China’s wood-based panel industries in 2014 [...]
July 3, 2015
Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...China
Most European countries fulfilled EUTR obligations
On 19 June the European Commission has published a table with information on the state of implementation of the European [...]
June 16, 2015
Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe
