Many sawmills close in Gabon and Cameroon due fuel shortage
In Cameroon more than 50 sawmills have stopped production and in Gabon 22 sawmills, mostly Chinese, have ceased production. In [...]
August 2, 2022
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Africa / China / Europe
Timber backlogs increase at the Douala Port
One factor in the contraction in Cameroon’s EU exports, which started in 2016, cited by [...]
August 20, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Africa
Dutch Wijma wood processing company stops activities in Cameroon
Due to the intensified conflict between opposing parties and security forces in Cameroon’s North and Southwest provinces, Dutch wood [...]
August 7, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Africa / Europe
Rougier divests business in Cameroon and the Central African Republic
The Rougier Group sells its forest and industrial activities in Cameroon and the Central African Republic. [...]
August 6, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Sawmilling / Africa / Europe
Government of Cameroon starts to investigate Douala port operations
The Cameroon government has appointed a new Commission to investigate the failed operations at Douala Port. [...]
June 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Africa
Rougier is given the permission to restructure business in Africa
French tropical wood specialist Rougier has gained court permission for restructuring measures after filing for insolvency [...]
March 15, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Africa / Europe
French Rougier Group files for bankruptcy, stops activity in Africa
Tropical timber trader Rougier, based in Niort (Deux-Sèvres), with most of its employees working in Cameroon and Africa [...]
March 7, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Africa / Europe
Cameroonian government increases log export duties
A considerable surge in log prices has been recently noticed in Central/West Africa. This is the result of producers [...]
February 12, 2018
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Africa
EU increases its needs for tropical sawnwood from Cameroon
The most notable trend in the supply of tropical sawn timber to the EU in 2016 was the rising dependence [...]
April 5, 2017
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Africa / Europe
