Archives: August 2019

Falling softwood lumber in US

The measured pace in US framing lumber trading that began in early July persisted into the latter part of the [...]

Current trends in Europe’s industrial wood pellet market

In markets such as the United Kingdom, Belgium, and the Netherlands residential use is negligible and the demand for wood [...]

UPM to build a new giant pulp mill in Uruguay

UPM has made the investment decision to construct a 2,1 million tonne greenfield eucalyptus pulp mill near Paso de [...]

New Zealand exports more logs, despite falling log prices

    New Zealand exported more logs and wood in June 2019, despite falling log prices overseas. In [...]

Lower sawlog costs in Germany drive the lumber industry export sales

    Large volumes of storm and insect damaged trees in Germany have resulted in an oversupply of [...]

Many business opportunities in the South American wood pellet market

South America is one of the continents in which wood pellet production is yet to reach its full potential because [...]

Current trends in the European residential wood pellet market

Residential use for heating, about 40 percent of the total pellet market, fluctuates annually but is relatively stable compared to [...]

Homag to negatively revise its earnings forecast for 2019

    German woodworking machinery giant Homag announced that it will negatively revise its earnings forecast for 2019 [...]