Timber investor Manulife raises more than $200 million to buy forests for carbon
Manulife Investment Management, one of the largest timberland owners in the US has successfully raised $224.5 million for its [...]
November 15, 2023
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Challenges in 2023 for the hardwood lumber exports
US foreign trade of hardwood lumber has declined sharply in 2023. Exporters have struggled to compete on price against alternative [...]
November 15, 2023
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Russian sawmills experience an off-season sawlog shortage; prices in the rise
There were active price negotiations on the Rssiaun sawlog market in October. All sawmills, both small and large, feel the [...]
November 15, 2023
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Weaker global lumber markets have resulted in lower sawlog prices
Weaker lumber markets have resulted in lower sawlog prices worldwide. The Global Sawlog Prices Index (GSPI) fell 1.6 [...]
November 14, 2023
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Raute receives biggest order in history from Metsä Group
Raute Corporation has signed a contract worth Euro 93 million with Metsä Wood, part of Metsä Group, for the technology [...]
November 14, 2023
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World’s largest wood pellet producer in jeopardy
A financial crisis has enveloped Enviva, the Maryland-based company that’s been harvesting large swaths of forest in the [...]
November 14, 2023
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Sweden: Stocks of sawlogs at the lowest level in ten years
Unusually low stocks of softwood sawlogs were reported on 30 September, marking a significant drop to 2.1 million m3 [...]
November 14, 2023
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Latvia’s sawmill industry in crisis: competitiveness undermined by high sawlog prices
Latvian manufacturers of softwood lumber encountered a significant drop in product demand and, consequently, in prices in the European and [...]
November 10, 2023
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Swedish forest industry stands strong in a declining global economy
The Swedish forest industry is increasingly affected by a deteriorating world economy. In the pulp and paper market, the export [...]
November 10, 2023
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New study examines the effects of the EUDR on the wood sector
The EU Deforestation-Free Supply Chain Regulation (EUDR) will soon replace the EU Timber Trade Regulation (EUTR). A study by [...]
November 10, 2023
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