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Georgia-Pacific invests $120 million in Texas plant

Georgia-Pacific announced that their Pineland Lumber Complex in Texas will undergo $120 million in additions and improvements in an [...]

U.S. lumber prices are suddenly rising again

    A month after U.S. lumber prices finally returned to normal, prices for wood are ticking [...]

France is now largest supplier of oak logs to China

China Customs data shows France has been the largest supplier of oak imports since 2014. Previously Russia was the main [...]

Czech Republic will cancel compensation for bark beetles

Czech forest owners can no longer count on the state to compensate them for low prices with huge sums. Wood [...]

Finland: Pölkky Oy plans new investment at Kajaani sawmill

    At its production plant in Kajaani, Pölkky Oy invests in a modern sorting plant complex [...]

Power cuts in China hit factories

    Power rationing and forced cuts to factory production in China are widening amid electricity supply issues [...]

Fall in US lumber prices expected to hit Europe soon

    The fall in lumber prices in the US is expected to affect Europe in the fourth [...]

Russia boosts softwood lumber exports to Europe

In the second quarter of 2021, exports of softwood lumber from Russia to European countries grew at a faster pace [...]

Record high US lumber prices shifted global lumber trade flows in H1/2021

    US lumber prices reached unprecedented highs in the 2Q/21. For example, the costs for 2x4 [...]

Lumber demand in US strengthens but price volatility continues

    Lumber demand in the United States looks to strengthen as price volatility gives way to a [...]