Keyword: lumber

Softwood lumber prices in the US continue falling trend

    Prices of framing lumber in the US continued to drop last week, although lower prices generated [...]

Biewer announces expansion of its Newton sawmill

Biewer Sawmill – Newton, LLC. announced the expansion of their state-of-the-art sawmill facility located in Newton, Mississippi.  [...]

Volatile 2018 lumber market in the US; crashing prices in September 2017

Deep cuts in prices of framing lumber persisted through a second straight week, leaving traders stunned at the volatility of [...]

Chinese wood companies reroute wood products as to beat US tariffs

As the trade war between China and the U.S. festers, business leaders and analysts say Chinese producers are likely [...]

Canadian lumber giants downgraded due to negative expectations for the US housing market

Shares in several major Canadian forestry companies closed down Wednesday after an analyst downgrade and lower-than-expected building permits [...]

Oak lumber restrictions lifted in Croatia

The transport restrictions for oak wood in Croatia which have the purpose of preventing the propagation of the oak lace [...]
September 24, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe

Trends and current developments of the German sawmill industry

The German sawmill industry closed 2017 with a positive result. Above all the good 4th quarter dominated the annual result [...]

Upward trend in Russian lumber exports

In January-July 2018, Russia increased its lumber exports, both in value and in volume terms. Thus, the country exported [...]
September 20, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Russia

Södra to increase lumber production by 100,000 m³

From 1 March, the annual production volume of sawn timber at the Mönsterås sawmill will increase by 100 [...]

Double-digit drop for US lumber prices in mid-September

    As the post-holiday week affected negatively the lumber trade in the US, deep discounting re [...]