Archives: May 2022

China: Timber supply pressure rises as lockdowns continue

    Since 2020, Covid-19 lockdowns have had a huge downstream impact on the global timber supply [...]

Sweden: The war in Ukraine is causing wood prices to skyrocket

More and more people are competing for the forest raw material. The ongoing war in Ukraine has sharply reduced Russia [...]

Timber prices in UK rise again in March after months of decrease

Material prices in the UK have shot up again after months of gradual decrease, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine [...]

Roundwood prices in Latvia returned to record levels this spring

    In the first quarter of this year, the price of wood in Latvia returned to the [...]

Sweden: Vida’s sawmills running at full capacity

    Reduced supply, increased demand and higher prices. The pattern is recognizable from many industries right now [...]

An update of the current bark-beetle situation in Europe

    The bark-beetle infestation has caused a lot of problems in the last years especially in [...]

Stora Enso’s CEO: Company’s plants will continue to be located in the Nordic region

The majority of Stora Enso's mills will continue to be located close to raw materials, ie in the Nordic [...]

German sawmill industry feels the effects of the war, especially in terms of energy prices

With a survey, the German Sawmill and Wood Industry Association (DeSH) asked its member companies about the current and expected [...]

Stora Enso strengthens its presence in France

    Stora Enso has invested in ACDF Industrie SAS, becoming a 35% shareholder of the French wood [...]