West Fraser to close Chasm lumber mill
West Fraser announced its intention to permanently close its Chasm lumber mill and eliminate the third [...]
June 26, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
More than 600 US companies want to urge Trump to end tariffs of Chinese products
Companies across a wide array of industries have almost uniformly opposed the Trump administration's plan [...]
June 26, 2019
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Global trade of softwood lumber reaches the second highest level in history
Global trade of softwood lumber reached 120 million m3 in 2018, the second highest level on [...]
June 26, 2019
Latest Trends / Sawmilling / ...China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
Stocks of logs at Chinese ports starting to fall
Total softwood log stocks across China have reduced slightly from last month to around 3.8 million m3. Daily uplift [...]
June 26, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China
China: Latest prices for imported logs and sawnwood
The report below contains the latest prices of logs and sawnwood from main timber markets in [...]
June 26, 2019
Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / ...Industry Prices / Sawmilling / China
Seasonal price decrease for German wood pellets
As well as in May, in June the price of wood pellets in Germany fell from the previous month by [...]
June 24, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Europe
Investments and business outlook of the Russian sawmilling industry
The Russian sawmilling industry is characterized by fragmentation, a division between large export-oriented companies and [...]
June 24, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Russia
Former closed sawmill in BC converts to wood pellets
A sawmill in McBride, B.C., that shutdown 13 years ago is getting a new life [...]
June 24, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Wood Energy / North America
Louisiana-Pacific to close OSB mill in BC
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) is the latest company to join a growing list of lumber producers [...]
June 24, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / North America
Tropical timber imports to benefit from EU deforestation policies
Increasingly the twin concepts of “zero deforestation” and “embodied deforestation” lie at the heart of European policy making, both in [...]
June 24, 2019
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