BC government to offer aid to forest companies
The British Columbia government is deferring a timber harvesting fee charged to forest companies in an effort to help the [...]
May 12, 2020
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Canfor to reopens two sawmills in BC
Canfor has announced the reopening of two B.C. area sawmills on Monday, 11th May. Its operations in Vanderhoof (Plateau [...]
May 12, 2020
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Germany becomes the second supplier of logs to China
China’s log imports in the first two months of 2020 totalled 7.73 million cubic metres valued at US [...]
May 12, 2020
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Top global lumber producing companies in 2019
Top global lumber companies’ production recorded a net decline in 2019. The same 15 companies that made the list in [...]
May 12, 2020
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Forestry companies in China increase overseas timber purchases in order to secure domestic supply
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout the world, production in major wood-producing countries has stalled, the patterns [...]
May 4, 2020
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Arauco to close another MDF plant in US
Composite panel and forest product giant Arauco will close its medium density fiberboard (MDF) production facility in Bennettsville, South Carolina [...]
May 4, 2020
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Canfor reports loss in Q1/2020
Canfor Corp. reported a loss in its most recent quarter compared with a profit a year [...]
April 30, 2020
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Almost 40 sawmills forced to close in Canada
The Forest Products Association of Canada says the demand for toilet paper has skyrocketed — increasing by [...]
April 30, 2020
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USDA Forest Service to support timber market fighting coronavirus crisis
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is offering to extend contract deadlines on certain timber sales, sale [...]
April 24, 2020
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Shortage of imported timber throws Chinese wood industry into panic
The demand for imported wood in China's wood products industry has gradually recovered. However, on the one hand, overseas [...]
April 23, 2020
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