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World’s tallest timber building to be constructed in Norway

The world's tallest timber building is to be built in Norway. Mjøstårnet will be more than 80 [...]

Drax began production at former German Pellets wood pellet plant in US

      Drax Biomass Inc. (DBI) began start up production this week at its newest facility [...]

Softwood sawn timber and plywood production in Finland increased significantly during January-September

Finnish softwood sawn timber production in January-September increased by 5.9% compared to the year ago period and totalled [...]

Sweden, the most important market for prefabricated timber buildings

    Sweden has started to use its natural forests for prefabricating timber buildings of all types and [...]

Canfor might build a large sawmill in the US Southeast

Canfor is evaluating a 250 mmbf greenfield sawmill in the US Southeast region and also announced a new organic capital [...]

US Northwest sawmills work on building log inventories for the winter season

Sawmills and pulpmills in the US Northwest have been struggling to build log inventories for the winter season because of [...]
December 7, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America

Roundwood products prices in Estonia have risen sharply in October

In October, the prices of nearly all roundwood product ranges in Estonia have risen, as compared to the same period [...]

Forestry sector in China forecast to reach output value of $1.1 trillion in 2017

China's forestry sector output value is likely to reach 7 trillion yuan (approx. $1.1 trillion) in 2017, due [...]
December 7, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...China

Canadian lumber exports to US drop 8% year-over-year in Q1-Q3, but value is up 0.15% due to high lumber prices

Canada's softwood lumber exports to the U.S. have fallen since the Americans imposed new duties earlier this year [...]

European construction sector set to grow in 2017

Construction volume in the Euroconstruct area is expected to grow by 3.5% in 2017. The strongest stimuli will once [...]
December 6, 2017 Market Analysis / Wood Construction / ...Europe