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Russia to virtually stop export of logs starting 2021

Export duties on three species (larch, spruce and fir) in Far East Russia has been raised by 15 points to [...]
February 22, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Russia

SCA inaugurates its the largest pulp mill in the world

    Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf inaugurated SCA’s pulp mill Östrand in Timrå. The expansion [...]

Wood-based materials to be protected from fire by new additive

Together with BRUAG Fire Protection AG, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) specialists have developed a [...]
February 20, 2019 Latest Trends / Wood Construction / ...Europe

Record year for Western Forest Products, despite softwood lumber duties

Despite paying up more than $43 million in softwood lumber duties, Western Forest Products managed to realize a profit of [...]

Sawlog prices on an upward trend in Lithuania

    As compared to December 2018, all prices for roundwood in Lithuania have increased in Lithuania in [...]

New Zealand logs prices near records

Forestry prices in New Zealand — one of the world’s largest timber exporters — are near record highs, thanks largely to [...]

Record production of wood pellets in Germany

The energy turnaround in the heating market is still not progressing in Germany, as the only moderate increase in renewable [...]
February 20, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe

Ghana: Current prices for exported wood products

    Prices for Ghana's exported wood products are the following between 16-31 January 2019:  [...]

Södra reports its best result in history

Södra’s consolidated net sales for full-year 2018 rose 18 percent to SEK 24,230 million (2018: 20 [...]

Fivefold increase for the European softwood logs exports to China

The total European softwood logs deliveries to China have went significantly up during January-November 2018, due to a boost [...]
February 19, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Europe