Archives: November 2019

Romania to harvest 9.5 million m3 of roundwood in 2020

The Romanian national forest administration Regia Nationala a Padurilor (Romsilva) is planning to harvest 9.5m m³ of roundwood in [...]

B.C. forestry crisis: 25% fall in export sales and a $3.4 billion loss

    The crisis in British Columbia’s forestry sector that saw more than 20 sawmills close or [...]

New Zealand’s export prices for logs pick up as demand in China rises

    At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for export logs delivered to ports around New Zealand in October [...]

Plywood price overview at different Chinese timber markets

    The following article is an overview of October 2019 prices for different plywood assortments at China [...]

Moelven Pellets started production at its Sokna plant in Norway

Moelven Pellets A/S started trial production at Sokna, Eastern Norway following the commissioning of a new energy centre and [...]
November 6, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe

Finland: Export prices for pine and spruce sawnwood expected to fall this year

This year and next year, export prices for Finnish lumber will fall, driven by China. The price difference between spruce [...]

Record wood pellet production in Germany

With 740,000 t, German producers of wood pellets set a production record in the third quarter of 2019. Compared [...]
November 6, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe

Dutch housing shortage could be solved with timber construction

The Netherlands could build a million new homes from sustainably harvested local wood and save 100 megatons of carbon in [...]

Trends in the global wood pellets market in the next 10 years

    Western Europe has long been the world’s largest market for wood pellets used in heat [...]