N. American Southern Pine prices resilient against market conditions
The Southern Pine Composite Price averaged $445 through the end of June. If that trend holds through the second half [...]
August 11, 2023
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Recovery reported in UK’s softwood imports
May was the best month for UK timber imports in 2023, with volume growth seen across all major product categories [...]
August 9, 2023
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Sale of HS Timber’s Sebes site to Ziegler Group approved
The sale of the HS Timber Productions Sebes SRL site to the German Ziegler Group, announced on 18 April, has [...]
August 9, 2023
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Louisiana-Pacific: Low prices and falling demand continue to impact OSB business
Louisiana-Pacific reported lackluster second-quarter results as lumber markets faced persistent pressure amid a stagnant housing market. Net sales [...]
August 9, 2023
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Research: The EU will not achieve its climate goals without reducing logging
Reducing logging is one of the few measures that will have an immediate impact on the carbon sink in the [...]
August 9, 2023
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Finland’s softwood lumber down by 34% in Jan.-May 2023
In January-May the exports value of Finland's forest industry products totalled EUR 5.30 billion. Of the exports [...]
August 9, 2023
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Uncertainties in Belgium’s wood industry: softwood lumber decline, steady hardwood market
The market for softwood lumber in Belgium has been declining since 2022 due to reduced activity in the building sector [...]
August 8, 2023
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Austria: Wood prices have fallen sharply this year
After price records in the pandemic years 2020/2021, the sales markets for wood in Austria have literally collapsed in [...]
August 8, 2023
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Homag Group reports fall in order intake in H1/2023
Following the very strong previous years, the Homag Group’s order intake declined in the first half of 2023. The [...]
August 8, 2023
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Sinclar to permanently curtail its operations Nechako Lumber Co. in Canada
Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd. is curtailing its lumber operations at Nechako Lumber Co. in Vanderhoof, Canada, as a result [...]
August 8, 2023
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