Archives: November 2018

Canadian government announces plans to invest $15 million in a wood pellet and sawmill complex

    The Canadian government revealed plans to invest $15 million in Granule 777 Inc. The funds will [...]
November 20, 2018 Latest Trends / Sawmilling / ...Wood Energy / North America

Swedish Södra acquired 111,100 ha of forest land in Latvia

The Swedish Södra Group has this week acquired forest land from the Swedish Bergvik Skog AB. Bergvik Skog AB [...]

Wood pellets prices in Switzerland on the rise in November

Prices for wood pellets in Switzerland increased slightly in November.     The average price of wood pellets [...]

Enviva plans to expand its wood pellet capacity

Enviva Partners LP has released third quarter financial results, reporting increased revenue, net income and gross margin. The company also [...]

Woodworking machinery industry in Italy drops its foreign sales in Q3/2018

    For the Italian woodworking machinery sector, the July-September period reaffirmed the current industry trend, characterized [...]

West Fraser permanently curtails lumber production at Fraser Lake and Quesnel sawmills

West Fraser announced it will permanently curtail approximately 300 million board feet of combined lumber production at its Fraser Lake [...]

Swedish sawlog prices on the rise during the 3rd quarter of 2018

The delivery prices on Swedish sawlog and pulpwood prices rose by 5.5% and 3.4% respectively in the 3Q [...]

Growing US lumber market still needs Canadian key supplies for the next ten years

    The softwood sawmilling sector in Eastern Canada will play an increasingly important role as a key [...]

Sweden: Softwood lumber exports drop due to lower deliveries to China and Egypt

    During January-September 2018, Sweden has exported about 7.4 million m3 of softwood lumber. This [...]

Moelven plans a new wood pellet plant

Moelven Pellets A/S placed an order for pellet plant equipment with Hekotek. The launch of the new factory is [...]