BC’s forestry companies face weak wood markets, high log costs and US lumber duties
B.C. forestry companies are set to report lacklustre third-quarter financial results as tough market [...]
October 22, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Softwood lumber production in the U.S. on stable level, while Canadian output declines
U.S. sawmills produced 20.687 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first seven months of 2019 [...]
October 18, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Trump administration postpones tariff hike on Chinese imports
President Trump said the government had reach a “phase one” trade agreement with China and won [...]
October 18, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / China / North America
Enviva to build a huge wood pellet plant in Alabama
Enviva, the world’s largest producer of wood pellets, is to build a new production plant in Alabama, US. The [...]
October 17, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Energy / North America
US lumber prices bounce back despite low housing starts
North American lumber prices have bounced back but how long will this last? A look at [...]
October 17, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / North America
ENplus to open revision process
With recent studies highlighting the rapid expansion of the wood pellet market with a global production increase of 11 percent [...]
October 16, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe / North America
Indonesian timber industry seeks to take advantage of the US-China trade war
The Indonesian government is mulling over banking on its timber and furniture industry to seize the momentum amid the ongoing [...]
October 16, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Asia & Middle East / China / North America
Vietnam’s wood industry struggles to prevent trade fraud as Chinese move business in the country
According to a market research on wood processing market of Vietnam by Forest Trend, in the [...]
October 16, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East / China / North America
Norbord reduces OSB production; lower demand cited
Since September, Norbord has reduced production at Line 1 of its Cordele, Georgia OSB mill. [...]
October 16, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / Europe / North America
Australia’s woodchip industry hit by US-China trade war
Australia's $1.4-billion plantation woodchip industry has been dragged into the US-China trade war, with a number [...]
October 15, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Wood Energy / Australia and Pacific Region / China / North America
