ISO published new standard for chain of custody of wood products
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) has published a new, voluntary standard for chain of custody (CoC) of wood and [...]
January 22, 2019
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Forecasts for 2019’s wood pellets market
From a North American producer’s perspective, 2018 was one of the best years in quite [...]
January 14, 2019
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Outlook of the global lumber markets in 2019
After surviving a global slowdown in 2015, world lumber markets became favourable as a general trend of rising prices took [...]
January 10, 2019
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Segezha Group started wood pellet production at its new plant in Russia
Segezha Group has started in December the production of wood pellets at the company’s Lesosibirsky LDK No. 1 factory [...]
January 8, 2019
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Global construction boom is most likely to have reached its peak in 2018
After ten years of growth (2008-2018), the peak has been reached in the global construction growth cycle: 2018 will [...]
December 21, 2018
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Global sawlog prices keep on decreasing during Q3/2018
Softwood sawlog prices declined throughout the world in the 3Q/18. Consequently, the Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) fell 3 [...]
December 18, 2018
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Russian lumber exports on the rise; log exports volumes descend
In January-October 2018, Russia increased its lumber exports, both in value and in volume terms, indicate the statistics published [...]
December 17, 2018
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Kronospan announces plans to expand its business in Russia
Kronospan announced plans to build a furniture materials plant in the Moscow region. This was announced by David Brenner, Commercial [...]
December 17, 2018
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22,6% of the global industrial roundwood production is now FSC certified
A recent analysis across FSC forest management audit reports revealed that approximately 423 million cubic meters of wood are harvested [...]
December 6, 2018
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China plans a US$ 1.5 billion timber processing complex in Russia
China plans to invest up to 10 billion yuan (about $ 1.5 billion) in a timber processing complex in the [...]
November 26, 2018
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