Archives: December 2019

Wooden buildings could help revitalize the suffering Canadian forest industry

    Changes to Canada's national building code could prove promising for an ailing forestry industry. Starting [...]

Poland ready to invest in wood pellet plants in Belarus

Polish woodworking companies are ready to invest in pellet plants in Belarus.      Prospects for [...]

European sawn softwood market growth driven by domestic consumption

    he European market showed steady growth in 2018, with consumption rising to 99.9 million m3 [...]

Analysis of current trends in the Russian wood pellet trade and prices

    The production and trade of wood pellets are highly dynamic in Russia for some years now [...]

Many Chinese wood and furniture business to relocate factories to Indonesia

59 Chinese investors engaged in the wood and furniture business will relocate factories to Indonesia. The investors plan to relocate [...]

Falling spruce sawlog prices in Estonia, as bark beetle infestation puts prices under pressure

    The year 2019 is marked by falling roundwood prices in large parts of Central, Northern and [...]

Metsä Group, Stora Enso, and UPM plan 6-day lock-out at sawmills, plywood mills in Finland

Finnish Forest Industries Federation said on Wednesday it would hold a 6-day lock-out from Dec. 12, closing half [...]

Conifex considers asset divestment and restructuring plan in its lumber segment

Conifex Timber Inc. announced that the agent for its lumber segment lenders approved in principle Conifex's proposed asset divestment [...]

China: Largest continuous press production line in Asia starts production

On November 23, 2019, the signing ceremony of Shouguang Luli Wood Industry Co., Ltd. with an annual output of 600 [...]

US DoC confirms antidumping circumvention on hardwood plywood from China

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced affirmative final antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) circumvention rulings involving exports [...]