Wood starts to replace concrete in the global construction industry
For more than a century, countries have raced to build the world’s tallest buildings with concrete and steel. Now [...]
August 29, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Construction / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America
More German and New Zealand logs in the Chinese market
In the January-May period, log imports to China from Russia declined 26.2 percent year-over-year to 3 [...]
August 28, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / Russia
Russia and New Zealand compete over timber exports to China
Russia is currently China's largest timber source. In 2018, Russian exports to China reached 15.65 million cubic meters [...]
August 26, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Russia
New Zealand: New sawmill planned on former Waverley Sawmills site
While Waverley Sawmills is closed for business its new owner has been working towards a modern state-of-the-art [...]
August 8, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region
New Zealand exports more logs, despite falling log prices
New Zealand exported more logs and wood in June 2019, despite falling log prices overseas. In [...]
August 2, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region / China
New Zealand log prices dragged down by Chinese imports from Europe coming by train
New Zealand logs are piling up on Chinese wharves as cheap sawn timber arrives by train [...]
July 21, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe
Global sawlog prices fall sharply in the first quarter of 2019
In the first quarter of 2019, the global sawlog prices fell to the lowest level in two years. Sawlog prices [...]
July 19, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
New Zealand log prices drop dramatically on oversupply
From a sale price of US$130 per JASm3 for A grade the price dropped -US [...]
July 18, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region / China
New technology promises to create 3D printed wood products
A 3D printing process that uses a wood-based ink to produce components with the unique ‘ultrastructure’ of wood has [...]
July 7, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
Export prices for New Zealand’s logs start to fall
Prices for New Zealand domestic log sales in June are mostly unchanged from May as we [...]
June 27, 2019
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