The Swedish sawmill industry anticipates higher lumber prices this spring
After a brutal fall for Swedish sawmills, where lumber prices plummeted sharply while timber prices soared, there is now a [...]
March 9, 2024
Germany: Pellet prices on a steep decline
The prices for wood pellets in Germany are falling dramatically. The speed and extent of the price decline also came [...]
March 9, 2024
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Canfor reports sustained pressure on lumber market
Canfor Corp. reported "sustained pressure on global lumber market conditions and pricing through most of the fourth quarter" and challenges [...]
March 9, 2024
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European Commission investigation confirms illegal imports of Russian birch plywood
The European Commission has disclosed the findings of its anti-circumvention investigation into illegal imports of Russian birch plywood. The [...]
March 7, 2024
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2024 European construction activity expected to be worse than in 2023, says Euroconstruct
Following an unexpected but welcome period of growth in 2022, the construction industry within the 19-Euroconstruct countries is facing [...]
March 7, 2024
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Timber production vs. carbon credits: investors uncertain which will be more profitable
Investment managers who have bought up forestland are going tree by tree to figure out whether they should be felled [...]
March 7, 2024
Junnikkala commissions new 350,000m3 sawmill from Veisto in Finland
Finnish sawmill company Junnikkala has commissioned its new €80m sawmill in Oulu. The company’s group staff were transported [...]
March 7, 2024
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ISC 2024 coming up in October in Sicily
The Italian Association of the Wood Trader Industries (Fedecomlegno of FederlegnoArredo) together with the European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) and [...]
March 7, 2024
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Schilliger Holz starts CLT production in France
Schilliger Holz AG has started CLT production at its Volgelsheim mill in France. The construction of buildings in timber [...]
March 7, 2024
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Red Sea situation hampers Europe’s plywood market; Russian birch ply still present
A UK plywood importer and distributor, who also sells into Ireland and other EU markets, concurred with EU counterparts that [...]
March 6, 2024
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