Archives: 2021

Current trends in the global pellet market

    In 2020, wood pellet production in Europe was up 4% y-o-y and was 34 [...]

Latvian timber market is experiencing a sharp drop in wood prices

Currently, the Latvian timber market is experiencing a fall in the price of softwood roundwood, which has fallen by as [...]

Swiss Krono to expand Hungarian OSB mill

Swiss Krono has decided to implement a significant capacity increasing development in Hungary.    As a result [...]

Weyerhaeuser is betting on a strong housing market for years

Weyerhaeuser CEO Devin Stockfish told the US media that the lumber company believes the U.S. housing market will remain [...]

HOMAG Group reports sharp rise in order intake

    A statement released by HOMAG revealed that the group has registered strong demand in Q3 2021 [...]

IKEA warns of imminent price increases

    IKEA has warned of imminent price increases, as it revealed its financial results for FY21 (to [...]

Substantial increases in production costs for China’s wood product sector

Because of the government’s power rationing policy production, the China's wood product sector is being disrupted and output [...]

US lumber trade dispute with Canada adds to wild price swings

    As if things weren’t volatile enough in the lumber market, a Canada-U.S. trade [...]

Sawlog prices in the Baltic States and Poland grow faster than in the Nordic countries

Sawlog prices in countries around the Baltic Sea have tracked each other closely for most of the past 20 years [...]

Low interest of Chinese timber traders for European spruce logs

The latest news reflects that the greater downward pressure on the price of New Zealand radiata pine logs in the [...]