Archives: March 2018

Lumber production in the US has increased in 2017

US sawmills increased softwood lumber production by 4.2% in 2017 to a full-year total of 33.888 billion [...]

Rougier is given the permission to restructure business in Africa

    French tropical wood specialist Rougier has gained court permission for restructuring measures after filing for insolvency [...]

Hardwood lumber and veneer exports from the US to the MENA region reached $96.74 million in 2017

Total exports of U.S. hardwood lumber and veneer to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region including Pakistan [...]

XLam plans to start producing CLT at Australian site

New Zealand wood products manufacturer XLam started manufacturing Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) panels at its Wodonga site in Australia.  [...]

Global sawlog prices have increased during Q4/2017

The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) increased to US$76.34/m3 in the 4Q/17, up 1.0 percent [...]

Lumber production in the US surged in 2017

U.S. sawmills increased softwood lumber production by 4.2% in 2017 to a full-year total of 33.888 [...]

Swiss wood pellets prices drop in March

    The Swiss wood pellets' price amounted to an average of CHF 376.3/t (EUR 321 [...]

Lumber prices in the US on descending path

The record run in framing lumber prices in the US stopped last week, as the cracks in prices widened across [...]

Segezha Group invests in new glulam processing line from Hundegger

Sokol Timber Company invested in a new for a new  processing line to produce house parts made of the glued [...]

Producers in Central and West Africa wait for Chinese buyers’ reaction to higher FOB prices

Analysts say there is little to report in terms of market reaction to the higher log FOB asking prices which [...]