Global wood industry outlook still faces economic challenges
The global wood industry faces economic challenges amid sluggish growth in key regions like China, the US, and Europe. Stable [...]
April 18, 2024
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Austria: Sawlog prices facing downward pressure due to market saturation
The Austrian sawmill industry is well stocked with softwood logs, and the market is saturated regionally. The early April foehn [...]
April 18, 2024
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Development trends of China’s wood-based panel trade
China's wood-based panel import and export are faced dual challenges from domestic and foreign markets from 2020 to [...]
April 18, 2024
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Södra raises timber prices again; cites raw material deficit
The price adjustments cover softwood pulpwood, hardwood pulpwood, fuelwood, timber, and small sawn timber assortments. Södra justifies the price [...]
April 17, 2024
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Poland: Protest of the timber industry against logging moratorium
On Tuesday, April 16, a Poland timber industry protest will be held in Białystok related to the situation of [...]
April 17, 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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