Archives: July 2019

Growth potential for the African furniture market

Several African countries have good potential to develop their furniture industry, both for expanding internal consumption and for export markets [...]

China: Top softwood logs importing companies in June 2019

    The first importing company, in terms of value, was Shanghai Shengwosheng Forest Corporation, with a total [...]

Enviva to receive permit for wood pellet plant in Mississippi

    The 1.4 million metric tons production will be exported to power plants in Europe and [...]

Sawlog prices in Norway continue to decline

The average price across the whole range of roundwood assortments in Norway fell slightly again in May 2019. Following the [...]

Stora Enso to sell its Thermowood business

    The deal marks the end of heat production in Uimaharju, Finland. Lunawood, who is seeking growth [...]

Kronospan plans to build a second plant in Ukraine by 2021

    The Kronospan Group plans to build a new plant at the Gorodok site in the Rivne [...]

British Columbia plans to limit log exports

  The Government of British Columbia is taking the first step toward ensuring that more B.C. logs are [...]

Södra reports decreasing earnings in Q2/2019

    Södra’s operating profit for the first half-year totalled SEK 2,009 million, compared [...]

Pinnacle to supply wood pellets to Japan and South Korea.

Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. announced that it has entered into two new long-term, take-or-pay off-take contracts [...]

India: Latest prices for wood products in June

Latest prices for Indian teak, plywood and sawnwood - 16-30 June 2019    Plantation teak prices  [...]