Archives: October 2019

European softwood logs exports to China triple as the bark beetle infestation advances

    As the bark beetle infestation ravages European forests and consequently the supply of logs has increased [...]

US wood pellet produces to increase wood pellet prices

    For September 2019, Canadian wholesale and retail wood pellet prices are as-yet unchanged from the [...]

EU tropical wood trade up 16% in H1/2019

The EU’s trade in tropical wood products was more buoyant in the first half of this year compared to [...]

Many wood-based panel mills closed in China

Because of the new environmental regulations many wood processing mills in the Manzhouli, Suifenhe and Erlianhot areas have stopped production [...]

Raute delivers plywood mill to Russia’s Segezha Group

Raute Corporation has received orders worth approximately EUR 58 million from Segezha Group to Russia.    The [...]

Sharp rise in Russian wood pellets exported to Europe

    The average price of Russian wood pellets sent to the European Union countries in January-July [...]

The European Panel Federation to criticize VOC requirements introduced in Germany

The European Wood-based Panel Federation (EPF) raises the alarm against the current threat to European harmonisation and progress posed [...]

Production costs for North American wood pellet producers on the rise

    Many pellet manufacturers in North America have had to increase the usage of logs for their [...]

Falling prices for Finnish pine and spruce sawlogs

Pine and spruce sawlog prices in Finland are on a falling trend in August 2019, both as compared to the [...]

Falling demand and drop in prices for US hardwood due to trade war with China

  Lumber mills in the U.S. have been a casualty of President Trump's trade war with China [...]