Archives: 2017

Rougier closes contract with Gabon for logs supply

Rougier and Gabon Special Economic Zone (GSEZ) announced signing of a major partnership contract to supply logs for the processing [...]
February 11, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

Chile’s forest fires will cost the government $333 million

The extreme forest fires in Chile are responsible for the death of 11 people and the destruction of about 1 [...]
February 10, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...South America

Biewer’s new sawmill in Mississippi started production

Biewer Lumber has announced that its newest sawmill, located in Newton, Miss., is officially up and running.     [...]

Russian exports of roundwood, sawnwood and plywood grew during January-November 2016

Russian roundwood, sawnwood and plywood export volumes increased during January-November 2016.    During the mentioned period [...]
February 5, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Russia

The global engineered wood market is set to rise by 2020

The global engineered wood market is estimated to reach $41,273 million by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 24 [...]

Lumber prices in the US drop, yet remain higher than a year ago

The wintry weather has affected the framing lumber sales last week, while it also caused production and transportation problems.  [...]

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.    [...]

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 [...]