Coronavirus starts to shake to wood industry
There is industry concern that if the virus were to infect more people in coastal towns [...]
February 17, 2020
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Buildings could avoid greenhouse gas emissions if wood replaces cement, steel
Replacing cement and steel in urban construction by wood could avoid greenhouse gas emissions from cement and steel production and [...]
February 12, 2020
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New Zealand: Sawmill start to close as overseas market subsidies inflate log prices
Sawmills in New Zealand find it hard to be profitable when overseas competitors can benefit from subsidies, the main timber [...]
February 10, 2020
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Global softwood lumber production is projected to grow by 1.6% in 2020
In reviewing 2019, where Europe is grouped as “one region,” the five largest producers are Europe [...]
January 24, 2020
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Forecast: 2020 trends in global lumber demand
Many in the industry will not remember 2019 positively. Simply put, most global markets were awash [...]
January 21, 2020
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Rise in New Zealand prices for exported logs
The CFR sale price for A grade logs in China remained in the mid US$120s range per m3. At [...]
January 21, 2020
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2020 trends in the global lumber market
In North America at least, 2019 will be remembered as the hangover from the 2018 first [...]
January 17, 2020
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Worldwide output of wood products is at 70-year high
The global production and trade of major wood products such as industrial roundwood, sawnwood and wood [...]
January 16, 2020
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Moody’s 2020 forecast for the global wood products market
-For the wood products and timberland sub sector, Moody’s says operating earnings will [...]
January 8, 2020
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Global timber trade flows rapidly changing due to bark beetle infestation and storm damaged timber in Europe
Up to the end of October, European log exports to China imports were a whopping 5.6 million [...]
December 18, 2019
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