Asian market sees high wood pellet production levels and booming prices
Increases in Vietnam’s wood pellet spot prices accelerated during the third quarter of 2017, boosted by strengthening Japanese and [...]
November 29, 2017
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Asia & Middle East
US South sawmills the most profitable in the world
The US South was the highest margin sawmill region in North America – a place it has held since 2008 – as [...]
November 29, 2017
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia
Greenpeace: Indonesia’s forests still under threat from palm oil industry
A new report by Greenpeace International reveals that suppliers to the world’s biggest consumer brands still cannot guarantee their [...]
November 28, 2017
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Asia & Middle East
Sarawak government wants to enforce mandatory certification for timber concessions by 2022
Sarawak's government has announced that it will be mandatory for all timber companies to obtain sustainable forest management (SFM [...]
November 9, 2017
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Asia & Middle East
Important Dutch company was found sourcing illegal teak from Myanmar
A major Dutch company was found to having placed illegally sourced teak from Myanmar on the European market, as a [...]
November 8, 2017
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Asia & Middle East / Europe
Overview of this year’s International Softwood Conference
On the 5th and 6th October 2017 the 65th edition of the International Softwood Conference was [...]
October 15, 2017
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia
FSC and global companies launch the Vancouver Declaration
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) this week launched an ambitious new initiative to increase [...]
October 14, 2017
Companies in the timber industry / Africa / ...Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
Vietnam’s wood product exports might hit $8 billion in 2017
Vietnam's exports of wood and timber products is forecast to reach US$8 billion in [...]
October 8, 2017
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East
This year’s International Hardwood Conference to be organized in Venice
After the success of the last edition, the International Hardwood Conference 2017 will be organized from 15 to 17 November [...]
September 20, 2017
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
Japanese wood pellets imports up by almost 50% in 2016
In 2016, Japan’s imports of wood pellets increased 49 percent from the previous year to 347 thousand MT. [...]
September 13, 2017
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Asia & Middle East
