Archives: April 2024

Two Rivers Lumber to build $115 million sawmill in Alabama

Two Rivers Lumber Co. LLC plans to invest $115 million to build a state-of-the-art sawmill in Coosa [...]
April 17, 2024 Latest Trends

World’s largest import markets for OSB in 2023

Mills manufacturing OSB in North America expanded over the past ten years. Since 2012, North American OSB mill capacity increased [...]
April 17, 2024 Latest Trends

Germany: Sharp fall in logging levels; spruce felling continues to drop

A total of 70.6 million cubic meters (m 3 ) of wood was felled in German forests in 2023 . This [...]
April 17, 2024 Latest Trends

Global wood prices are plummeting – softwood lumber is much cheaper on the world market

Global wood prices have fallen by 10% on the world market. This has two reasons. On the one hand, the [...]
April 16, 2024

Finland: Softwood prices expected to rise by 10% this year

The economic outlook for Finland's forest industry will improve slightly this year, Pellervo Taloustutkimus PTT estimates in its Finnish [...]
April 16, 2024 Latest Trends

Legal and political obstacles to EUDR delay

While these calls are being made for a delay to EUDR implementation, there appear to be very significant legal and [...]
April 16, 2024 Latest Trends

Latvijas Finieris opens new veneer mill in Latvia

The new veneer mill of Latvijas Finieris in Kuldīga started its test operation at the end of March. It [...]
April 16, 2024 Latest Trends

European elections and Enviva bankruptcy might shape the wood pellet market in 2024

In the well-attended Austrian Wels town hall, Dr. Gerhard Dell, Managing Director of the Upper Austrian Energy Saving Association [...]
April 12, 2024 Latest Trends

Canfor closing Jackson mill as part of restructuring in Alabama

Canfor Corp. is closing its Jackson mill in southern Alabama at the end of June as part of a restructuring [...]
April 12, 2024 Latest Trends

Stora Enso appoints new director for its forest division

Stora Enso has appointed Tuomas Hallenberg as the head of the company's forestry division and a member of the [...]
April 12, 2024 Latest Trends