Archives: 2017

EU increases its needs for tropical sawnwood from Cameroon

The most notable trend in the supply of tropical sawn timber to the EU in 2016 was the rising dependence [...]
April 5, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Africa / Europe

Overview of the UK hardwood import market share

A UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) conference on the UK hardwood market sponsored by The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC [...]
March 27, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

Roundwood prices in Estonia mostly decreased during January

The roundwood prices in Estonia mostly decreased during January 2017, as compared to last year.     However [...]

Accsys announces plans to build Tricoya wood chip plant in Hull, UK

Accsys announced an agreement to build, operate and finance the world’s first Tricoya® wood chip manufacturing plant in Hull [...]

Binderholz is set to close acquisition of Finnish Anaika Wood Group’s assets by the end of March

Binderholz Nordic Oy will close the acquisition of Anaika Wood Group’s assets in Lieksa / Kevätniemi by March 31 [...]

Dieffenbacher was chosen by Arauco to supply full particleboard plant for North America

Chile-based Arauco is investing in the construction of a particle board plant with a planned capacity of 800,000 [...]

Energy consumption from renewable sources in the EU doubled in 2015

In 2015, the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy reached 16.7% in the [...]
March 20, 2017 Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe

Switzerland could re-use its wood to get more energy

Almost 173,000 tonnes of used wood could be re-used in Switzerland as to produce valuable heat and power [...]
March 19, 2017 Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe

BC trade envoy says the US still needs time for new talks on softwood lumber

British Columbia announced that the province is ready to fight for its lumber producers in the trade war on softwood [...]
March 16, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...North America

General overview of the wooden I-beams on the Russian market

Russia has two types of production for wooden I-beams: industrial formwork and frames/floor slabs in the private and [...]
March 14, 2017 Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...Russia