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Biewer announces expansion of its Newton sawmill

Biewer Sawmill – Newton, LLC. announced the expansion of their state-of-the-art sawmill facility located in Newton, Mississippi.  [...]

Volatile 2018 lumber market in the US; crashing prices in September 2017

Deep cuts in prices of framing lumber persisted through a second straight week, leaving traders stunned at the volatility of [...]

Wood pellets prices in Austria reach record highs

    At the beginning of the autumn season the price of ENplusA1 wood pellets in Austria has [...]

Chinese wood companies reroute wood products as to beat US tariffs

As the trade war between China and the U.S. festers, business leaders and analysts say Chinese producers are likely [...]

Trends in the European wood pellet market

Due to their location at seaports and limited domestic production, the large power utilities in the United Kingdom and Belgium [...]
October 1, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe

Norwegian roundwood prices up by 15% during Q2/2018

In Norway, a total of 2.80 million cubic metres of industrial roundwood were cut for sale in the second [...]

EU demand for wood pellets still at a high level

    The EU is the world’s largest wood pellet market, with consumption of about 22.7 [...]
September 26, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe

Hurricane Florence causes trouble for Louisiana-Pacific

Louisiana-Pacific (LP) announced that due to Hurricane Florence, its Wilmington, N.C. engineered wood operations have been temporarily shut [...]

Canadian lumber giants downgraded due to negative expectations for the US housing market

Shares in several major Canadian forestry companies closed down Wednesday after an analyst downgrade and lower-than-expected building permits [...]

Japanese company targets the Russian wooden housing market

    Iida, a Japanese wooden house construction company, is targeting the Russian market. Setting it sight on [...]