Canada: Why 25 mills have stopped operating this year?
The heavily interconnected B.C. forestry sector is facing a crisis as 25 mills have ceased operating this year, leaving [...]
November 11, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Canfor backs Jim Pattison’s billion-dollar takeover bid
A special committee of Canfor’s board has approved an almost $1-billion offer from a Jim Pattison [...]
November 11, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / North America
The United States supports Brazil to protect the Amazon rainforest
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo signed an agreement in Washington on [...]
November 7, 2019
Latest Trends / Forestry / ...North America / South America
B.C. forestry crisis: 25% fall in export sales and a $3.4 billion loss
The crisis in British Columbia’s forestry sector that saw more than 20 sawmills close or [...]
November 7, 2019
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B.C. forest sector to diversify products amid high fibre costs, oversupply and low lumber prices
British Columbia forest sector's woes ranging from high wood costs, declining AAC, US duties, market [...]
November 6, 2019
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Trends in the global wood pellets market in the next 10 years
Western Europe has long been the world’s largest market for wood pellets used in heat [...]
November 6, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Asia & Middle East / Europe / North America / Russia
N. American hardwood prices drop sharply at Chinese timber markets
The recent price of North American red oak fell by 500-600 yuan/cubic meter (US$ 70-85/m3) in [...]
November 5, 2019
Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / ...Industry Prices / Sawmilling / China / North America
Kronospan starts particleboard production in US
Kronospan produced first panel at its Oxford particleboard operation in Alabama, USA on October 9, 2019 [...]
November 5, 2019
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Canfor reports heavy loss for Q3/2019
Reflecting weak global market conditions and a challenging fibre cost environment in British Columbia, for the [...]
November 5, 2019
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European softwood lumber shipments to the US about to double
European softwood lumber shipments to the US have reached levels unseen since before the global financial [...]
November 4, 2019
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