Paris improves wood pellets use for urban heating; US to supply the demand
Paris plans to improve the use of renewable energy in the urban heating system by importing thousands of tonnes of [...]
March 19, 2016
Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe / North America
Trudeau-Obama meeting might solve lumber trade dispute
Justin Trudeau’s visit to the Washington helped developing a closer connection in the solving of the ongoing Softwood Lumber [...]
March 14, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
German Pellets subsidiaries in the US filed for bankruptcy
The US subsidiaries of German Pellets filed for bankruptcy on Thursday. After construction delays and cost overruns, the Louisiana Pellets [...]
February 29, 2016
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Energy / ...Europe / North America
Lumber producers in Alberta are hopeful for SLA renewal to avoid trade war
The new softwood lumber agreement between Canada and the US is expected by the lumber producers in Alberta, as there [...]
February 28, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
US softwood lumber shipments to China down by 50%
In the first half of 2015, US softwood lumber exports to China dropped nearly 50% to 247,290 cubic metres [...]
September 13, 2015
Market Analysis / Sawmilling / ...China / North America
US Softwood lumber price lowers 15% since last year
Sales of framing lumber picked up overall, but downside pressure on prices intensified in a few regions, namely the Inland [...]
May 16, 2015
Market Analysis / Wood Industry Prices / ...Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
Sloppy US lumber market
The plunge in North American structural lumber prices and the lack of a rebound in sight has caught many people [...]
May 14, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / North America
Canadian sawmills continue to expand in the U.S.
Canadian and U.S. softwood lumber producers reported modest gains in 2014 as lumber demand continues to rise slowly (but [...]
March 9, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / North America
US wood pellet exports have doubled due to high European demand
Wood pellet exports from the United States nearly doubled last year, from 1.6 million short tons (approximately 22 trillion [...]
May 17, 2014
Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe / North America
The global particleboard market forecast to boom in the next 3 years
The recovery in U.S. housing construction, an expanding global furniture industry, and strong growth in housing construction in rapidly [...]
April 9, 2014
Market Analysis / Wood Construction / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe / North America / Russia