European woodworking industries and timber importers express concerns on the Red Sea crisis
The European woodworking industries and timber importers have issued a joint statement highlighting the potential ramifications of the escalating crisis [...]
January 17, 2024
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France’s timber market under economic pressures and market shifts
The current weakness in the lumber markets in France is evident due to significant declines in the demand for processed [...]
January 17, 2024
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Major tropical timber player sees good potential in Europe
Interview in the closing weeks of 2023 with one of Europe’s leading tropical hardwood trading companies [...]
January 17, 2024
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Pellet prices continue to fall Germany–expected to fall further in 2024
Pellet prices in Germany continue to decline in January. Overall, wood pellets cost as much as they did about 2 [...]
January 16, 2024
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UK timber and panel imports on the rise in 2023
The gap between the cumulative annual volume of timber and panel imports into the UK during the first 10 months [...]
January 16, 2024
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German timber sector warns agains falling insurance rate in the sawmill industry
In view of the alarming results of a current survey on fire protection insurance, the German Sawmill and Wood Industry [...]
January 16, 2024
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Promising outlook in 2024 for Finland’s forest industry
Last year's wood trade in Finland was lower in terms of volume than the previous one, as it was [...]
January 16, 2024
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Hampton Lumber to close a sawmill in Oregon
Hampton Lumber announced the indefinite closure of its Banks, Oregon, sawmill, where operations have been curtailed since October 2023. The [...]
January 16, 2024
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Latvian forest sector faces serious challenges in the global wood markets
The year 2023 was quite dynamic and sometimes unpredictable for the Latvian forest industry. Pēters Putniņš, chairman of [...]
January 11, 2024
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West Fraser to close two sawmills in U.S. due to soft lumber markets
West Fraser Timber Co. says it's closing one U.S. sawmill and indefinitely curtailing another because of high fibre [...]
January 11, 2024
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