More market awareness on the benefits of certified sustainable tropical forestry
More concerted actions are also now being taken by African operators and certification advocates to bolster market awareness of the [...]
September 3, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Europe / South America
Sweden: Sawlog prices on the rise in Q2/2018
The second quarter of 2018 shows rising sawlog prices in Sweden on a yearly basis. Pine sawlogs are more expensive [...]
August 31, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Europe
New Zealand’s log export prices fall sharply as Chinese demand crashes
The dramatic drop in August At-Wharf-Gate (AWG) prices for logs delivered to ports around New Zealand is the [...]
August 31, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region / China
European timber operations in Africa move to Asia
A major structural change is underway in the African timber industry as operations are reoriented away from the European market [...]
August 31, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Europe
Chinese wood-based panels manufacturers to cease production due to environmental requirements
According to the Chinese government’s environmental policy called the “Three-Year Plan on Defending the Blue Sky” industrial enterprises [...]
August 31, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / China
Forecast: Booming expansion of wood pellets production in Russia expected by 2025
While Russia’s wood pellet production is relatively young, it accounts for a six percent share of world wood pellet [...]
August 31, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Russia
Cheaper wood pellets in Germany
Wood pellets in Germany are still available at low prices this summer. As compared to July [...]
August 30, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Europe
10 largest Russian sawmills boost revenues in 2017
In 2017, the total revenue of the 10 biggest forest products companies in Russia amounted 339.4 billion rubles ($5 [...]
August 30, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / Russia
Japan’s Sumitomo buys interest in US housing company
Sumitomo Forestry has acquired a 60% equity interest in the United States Mark III Properties. The [...]
August 30, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Construction / ...Asia & Middle East / North America
Drax completes conversion of 4th coal unit to biomass
Drax has switched on its fourth biomass generating unit—taking the power station in North Yorkshire [...]
August 30, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Energy / Europe
