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Austrian wood pellets prices descend in May

Prices for Austrian wood pellets went on a descending path during May, as it was also the case for Germany [...]

Sabah to ban timber exports

Sabah's chief minister, Shafie Apdal, announced that he will instruct the state Forestry Department to immediately impose a ban [...]

Norwegian Ekornes receives $630m cash bid from Chinese Qumei

China’s Qumei Home Furnishing Group on the 22nd of May made an all-cash bid for Norway’s Ekornes [...]

Hardwood logs exports from Europe on the rise

EU hardwood log export hike continues In 2017, total EU hardwood log exports were 2.8 million tonnes, up 15 [...]

Ksilotek-Siberia from Segezha Group builds new pellet plant in Russia

Segezha Group’s subsidiary Ksilotek-Siberia  launched the first stage of a new pellet plant construction in Russia.   [...]

Oak market in EU countries is under a lot of tension

EU countries hit hardest by the Ukrainian ban, says the European Organisation of Sawmill Industries (EOS), are Romania, Slovakia, Poland [...]

Wood products trade between China and the US is on a downward trend

    According to the data from China’s Customs the value of wood products trade between China [...]

Uniboard to invest $13 million in TFL business expansion

Uniboard recently announced a CAD$17 million (US$13.21 million) investment in a new state-of-the-art TFL [...]

New opportunities for the Dutch wood pellets market

The Dutch Government is currently subsidizing the co-firing of biomass. To support small landowners, the Dutch legislation provides some [...]

Standing timber prices in the UK go 30% up during one year period

The price of standing timber (trees not yet harvested) in UK surged by 28.2% from March 2017 to March [...]