Finnish Polkky Group to build 100,000 m3/year planing sawmill
Pölkky Oy has announced the construction of a new planing mill in Taivalkoski, Finland. The [...]
August 22, 2019
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Conifex to indefinitely curtail its El Dorado sawmill
Conifex Timber Inc. announced that it is indefinitely curtailing operations at its El Dorado sawmill. The curtailment is [...]
August 21, 2019
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Russia: Wood pellet suppliers and foreign buyers in H1/2019
Exports of wood pellets from Russia are growing at the highest rate in recent years. In H1/2019, exports grew [...]
August 21, 2019
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Company from Vietnam to supply 300,000 t/yr of wood pellets to Japan
Eastwood Energy Joint Stock Company signed a long-term contract with CellMark, a global supply chain service company, to sell [...]
August 21, 2019
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Stora Enso to close sawmill in Finland
Efora, that specialises in industrial maintenance and engineering services, owned by Finnish-Swedish forest industry company Stora Enso, begins employer [...]
August 21, 2019
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Jim Pattinson makes offer to take over Canfor
Jim Pattison's Great Pacific Capital Corp. has made an offer to buy the rest of Canfor Corp. it does [...]
August 21, 2019
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Lower OSB prices negatively impact Norbord’s prices
Norbord Inc., the world’s largest producer of oriented strand board (OSB), reported Adjusted EBITDA of USD 36 million in [...]
August 20, 2019
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Boom in Finland’s softwood lumber exports to Egypt; exports to China collapse
Finnish softwood lumber exports to the world increased by 5% in the first five months of 2019. The softwood lumber [...]
August 13, 2019
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Lower prices in Asia cause sharp drop in Metsa Group’s revenues
The profit of the major Finnish forest industry company Metsa Group worsened remarkably in April-July, as prices in China [...]
August 13, 2019
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BC’s Sinclar Group to curtail lumber production
In another hit to the B.C. forest industry, the Sinclar Group announced temporary production curtailments at lumber operations in [...]
August 13, 2019
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