Mercer makes an offer to buy Klausner Lumber One
Canadian Mercer International submitted an offer in the ongoing bidding process for the Klausner Lumber One sawmill.   [...]
August 20, 2020
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Asian buyers of African tropical timber slowly returning; prices for EU market up
It has been reported that buyers for the Chinese and other Asian markets are slowly returning [...]
August 20, 2020
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EU-Vietnam free trade agreement enters into force; wood industry to benefit
EU exports to Vietnam are taxed less as of 1 August. This is the immediate effect [...]
August 20, 2020
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Resolute planning to reopen idled El Dorado sawmill
Resolute Forest Products is continuing plans to reopen its sawmill in El Dorado, Ark., that has been closed since last [...]
August 20, 2020
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Forestry crisis in Ireland deepens as mills seek new supply
The owners of the Ireland's major sawmills have begun warning trade union officials of imminent extensive job losses because [...]
August 20, 2020
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Germany gains market shares in China log imports
China Customs data shows that in the first half of this year China’s log imports totalled 19.68 million [...]
August 20, 2020
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Global pellet producers negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic
75% of certified producers have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey conducted [...]
August 18, 2020
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EGGER invested EUR 300 million in the first half of the year
The EGGER Group, with headquarters in St. Johann in Tirol, Austria, has completed the first half [...]
August 18, 2020
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Vietnamese woodchip prices crash
Woodchip producers in many provinces of Vietnam are suffering from rapidly declining prices. Last year the [...]
August 18, 2020
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Record wood pellet production in Germany
Despite the corona crisis, in the first half of 2020, Germany produced 1.502 million tonnes of wood pellets, thus [...]
August 18, 2020
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