New Zealand log exports to China face challenges due to market shifts
The New Zealand log export industry faces challenges post-Christmas, grappling with fluctuating foreign exchange rates, rising shipping costs, and [...]
January 25, 2024
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Ukraine plans to increase pace of timber harvesting in 2024
Ukraine is scaling up timber production, building new forest roads and stamping out corruption, with the government looking to stimulate [...]
January 25, 2024
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The German wood industry more optimistic about H1/2024
The mood in the German wood industry improved slightly in December 2023 compared to the previous month. Although companies were [...]
January 24, 2024
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Enviva misses bond payment; what next for the wood pellet giant?
Enviva, the financially struggling wood-to-energy company with major operations in Eastern North Carolina and at the Port of [...]
January 24, 2024
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2024 expected to be challenging for Vietnam’s wood sector
The year 2024 is forecast to remain a challenging year for the Vietnamese wood industry, given several issues affecting the [...]
January 24, 2024
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West Fraser to permanently close Fraser Lake, B.C., sawmill
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it's permanently closing its sawmill in Fraser Lake, B.C., after an orderly [...]
January 24, 2024
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US lumber price volatility expected to stay high in 2024
There’s reason to believe that in 2024 month-to-month price volatility will remain elevated compared with the sleepy [...]
January 23, 2024
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Södra pushes timber prices up on high demand
In Sweden, the wood price rally continues.Södra announced that it will raise the base prices of pine and [...]
January 23, 2024
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Rising demand for softwood logs pushes prices up in Austria
Despite the sluggish construction industry, there is currently a rising demand for softwood logs in Austria. Accumulated damaged wood quantities [...]
January 23, 2024
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Finland: Log prices on the rise in December
The average price paid for spruce logs in December standing sales in Finland was EUR 71.0 per cubic metre [...]
January 23, 2024
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