Archives: 2022

German timber trade suffers from high energy costs

    In August, the German Timber Trade Association (GD Holz) carried out a survey on the increased [...]

Koskisen to build new wood processing plant in Järvelä, Finland

Koskisen will carry out an investment in Kärkölä worth Euro 48 million, with production scheduled to start up [...]

Outlook for N. American softwood lumber prices for this autumn

    In August, the lumber futures price did not fall below the August 2021 $448 low. On [...]

Germans are looking to firewood for energy as gas prices soar

    Skyrocketing prices for natural gas have Europeans scrambling for alternative energy sources. In Germany, where households [...]

Austria: Sawlog prices significantly reduced

    The Austrian sawmill industry is currently sufficiently stocked with logs and damaged wood is increasing. Due [...]

Wood pellet capacity continues to expand in N. America

    Global wood pellet demand continues to soar, with tight market conditions likely to spur significant investments [...]

Sweden’s sawn timber market expected to be hot this autumn

Wood prices in Sweden are now at or close to peak level, Danke Bank estimates in its review. The demand [...]

China: Rise in CIF prices for lumber imports

    CIF prices for China’s lumber imports from most suppliers rose in the first half of [...]

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 [...]