Archives: October 2021

US lumber price rise for the 7th consecutive week

    For the seventh consecutive week, US lumber prices are up.    Since bottoming [...]

Sweden: Rising roundwood prices in Q3/2021

Delivery purchase prices on Swedish roundwood increased during the 3Q 2021 after having been unchanged during the 2Q 2021.   [...]

Global supply chain crisis could extend into 2023

    The supply chain crisis threatening the global economy risks lasting at least another year unless governments [...]

Pellet production at record levels in Germany

    At 861,000 tonnes (t), in the third quarter of 2021 Germany again produced a quantity [...]
October 28, 2021 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe

Mercer to build a sawmill in Germany

    Mercer International Inc. is in the planning stages of a new investment project in Saxony-Anhalt [...]

Södra reports huge profits due to high prices

The Södra Group’s net sales for the first nine months of 2021 increased more than 25% compared with [...]

Vietnamese wood sector expected to pull up its exports after production halts

    The rise in COVID-19 cases in Vietnam has caused productions to halt in August and [...]

Supply chain issues open door for mass timber projects in Canada

Current supply chain difficulties that extend lead times on commodities such as steel I-joists and pre-engineered building are [...]

Russian birch plywood exporters could increase prices to EU

Recently it became known that the European Commission will introduce temporary duties on the import of birch plywood from Russia [...]

Polish wood industry organizes protests aimed at stopping wood exports

On October 15, in Warsaw, representatives of the wood industry organized a protest picket in front of the Chancellery of [...]