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Volume bark beetle damaged wood in Europe expected to be lower this year

    Over the last few years, Central European forests (but also parts of Sweden, France, and Belgium [...]

North American lumber prices fall for the 9th consecutive week

     Lumber prices notch their ninth consecutive weekly loss after a brief resurgence earlier in the week [...]

Boom in demand for sawn softwood in France; prices going up

As long as it lasts! In the softwood forests of eastern France, sawyers are crossing their fingers because the sawnwood [...]

Moelven upgrades two sawmills in Sweden

  Moelven will modernise and develop capacity at Moelven Edanesågen AB and Moelven Valåsen AB in Sweden [...]

Prices for European spruce logs in China fall sharply in June

    On the whole, June Chinese imported spruce logs fell sharply. The price of spruce/white pine [...]

BC log costs surge as lumber producers move South

    British Columbia is sharply increasing the cost of trees for lumber producers just as wood-product [...]

Leaked EU plan to green its timber industry sparks opposition

    A European Union strategy to boost forest protection has turned a simmering scientific debate into a [...]

Shortage of timber in Ireland set to worsen as supply tightens

  A crisis in supplies of timber In Ireland is set to deepen as overseas sources of logs dry [...]

Roseburg to invest $200 million sawmill investment

    Roseburg Forest Products announced on Thursday, July 1st, 2021, that it intends to build a new [...]

Wood imports recover in India, despite surge in prices

    As the real estate demand has gradually begun to resume in India, the demand for processed [...]