Archives: August 2018

Switzerland: Wood pellets prices rising despite heat wave

Curiously, despite the wave of heat that came across Europe these weeks, the prices of wood pellets in Switzerland increased [...]

Dropping Chinese demand cause major setback in Finland’s softwood lumber exports

    he Finnish softwood lumber exports to the world decreased by -4% during January - May 2018, as [...]
August 14, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / China / Europe

Segezha Group’s construction of a new wood pellet plant in Siberia ongoing

    Segezha Group's construction of a wood pellet plant at the industrial site of JSC Lesosibirskiy [...]

Norbord achieves record results on higher N. American and European panel prices

Norbord Inc. reported Adjusted EBITDA of $273 million for the second quarter of 2018 versus $165 million in the second [...]

Wood products exports from Vietnam amount to US$5 billion in January-July 2018

    The export revenue of Vietnamese wood and wooden products was estimated at US$4.8 billion [...]

Prices for roundwood in Estonia significantly higher than in 2017

    In June 2018, the prices for roundwood in Estonia are significantly higher as compared to the [...]

Brazilian wood-based products’ value went 23% up in June

In June 2018 the total value of Brazilian exports of wood-based products (except pulp and paper) increased 23% compared [...]

Tropical sawnwood rising its share on the European market

Recent reports on European economic and construction sector health and outlook make for almost exclusively positive reading. After the EU [...]

Softwood logs exports from Europe to China excedeed those of softwood lumber

      Due to a massive boost of exports from France, total European softwood logs deliveries [...]