Archives: September 2022

India: Current trends in the wood import market

Relatively cheap kiln dried sawn timber from Europe is flooding Mundra port in the range of 180 to 200 EUR [...]

France’s softwood sawmills report significant market slowdown

  At the start of September, many sawmill owners in France are asking themselves questions about the evolution of [...]

China: August review of the softwood log market

China softwood log inventory has remained stable at about 4.6 - 4.7m. Fresh pine logs are sold quickly after [...]

Western Forest Products completes acquisition of Calvert Company

Western Forest Products Inc. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, WFP Engineered Products LLC, has completed the acquisition of certain assets [...]

N. American lumber prices fall to new low as housing market continues to cool off

     North American lumber prices fell 4% to a new 2022 low on Tuesday as the housing [...]

‘Timber cities’ could save a billion tonnes of emissions by 2100, scientists say

Making new homes out of wood instead of steel and concrete could avoid more than 100 billion tonnes of CO2 [...]

Metsä Tissue curtails production due to high energy prices

    Metsä Tissue has had to curtail its production both in its Zilina mill, Slovakia, and Kreuzau [...]

Softwood supply in UK far in excess of demand

      UK softwood trading has continued its subdued trend into August with supply far in [...]
September 2, 2022 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe

Canfor to curtail production at its sawmills in Sweden

    Canfor Corporation announced that effective September 12, 2022, it intends to reduce operations at its Swedish [...]