New Zealand: Sawmill start to close as overseas market subsidies inflate log prices
Sawmills in New Zealand find it hard to be profitable when overseas competitors can benefit from subsidies, the main timber [...]
February 10, 2020
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Russian softwood logs exports collapse in 2019
Russian softwood logs exports dropped by 27% in the third quarter of last year; with exports [...]
February 10, 2020
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Gelo Holzwerk to invest in a new sawmill in Germany
Gelo Holzwerk announced EUR 38.5 million greenfield investment in a completely new sawmill location at the Wunsiedel energy park [...]
February 10, 2020
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Forest products included in the European Green Deal
Forest-based products and bioeconomy in the framework of the Green Deal is now an integrated part of the European [...]
February 10, 2020
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Czechia Republic’s softwood forests ravaged by the bark beetle; 50% under threat
With its largely softwood forests, the Czech Republic is one of the European countries most affected [...]
February 7, 2020
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UK housing developers discontinue CLT for high residential units
Swan is the latest housing developer to join the list of developers evaluating concrete and steel [...]
February 7, 2020
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China plans to tackle the problem of illegal logging in a new forest law
In an encouraging move with the potential to create transformative market change, China recently amended its Forest Law to include [...]
February 7, 2020
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Germany: Dramatic fall in softwood pulplog prices
In Germany, softwood pulplog prices have experienced a dramatic decline the past year because of an oversupply of [...]
February 7, 2020
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Sweden: Record batch of softwood lumber sent to the United States
Last month, the ship MS Saga Faith, loaded with lumber in the amount of more than [...]
February 7, 2020
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Segezha Group to acquire Finnish sawmill in Karelia
The Segezha Group has acquired Karelian Wood Company, a sawmill owned by Pin Arctic Oy in Kostomuksha in the Republic [...]
February 5, 2020
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