Archives: 2020

Rising demand for logs and lumber in China due strong construction season

Sawmills report increased sale prices for lumber in Asian markets. These increases were agreed relatively quickly by the buyers which [...]

BC forest companies to take full advantage of record lumber prices

A record demand and reduced supplies have pushed the price of 2x4s to historic highs but the B.C. forest [...]

Södra to increase price for spruce timber

The global economy is still uncertain due to the pandemic, but for the sawmill industry, the market has strengthened during [...]

Chinese wooden furniture trade severely impacted by Covid-19

    Under the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the value of China’s wooden furniture [...]

Roundwood price evolutions in Finland

    The average price for pine logs in Finland was EUR 53.8 per cubic metre, and [...]

Egger begins operations at its first US plant in Lexington

Egger, one of the world's leading wood-based solutions suppliers, has completed its first raw particleboard production, marking the [...]

Lithuanian Juodeliai to open a new sawmill

The Lithuanian company Juodeliai is putting into operation a new sawmill with an annual processing capacity of 1 million m [...]

EU Commission climate plan to limit growth in forestry and biomass sector

While recognising the positive role of forests in mitigating global warming, the European Commission has riled the agroforestry and biomass [...]

EOS and CEI-Bois strengthen ties and appoint Silvia Melegari as joint secretary general

    CEI-Bois, the European Confederation of the Woodworking Industries, and the European Organisation of the Sawmill [...]

High-risk plywood import from one of the largest exporters in China blocked in the Netherlands

The Dutch competent authority has ordered the company Sakol Nederland B.V. to cease importing tropical face plywood from Jiangsu [...]