Global wood consumption hits lowest rate in the decade in 2019
The growth in global wood consumption has increased by only 0.3% in 2019, the lowest rate in [...]
February 18, 2020
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Coronavirus starts to shake to wood industry
There is industry concern that if the virus were to infect more people in coastal towns [...]
February 17, 2020
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Upward trend in Swedish roundwood prices in 2019
Delivery prices on roundwood has increased two years in a row. The increase of 2019 was however less than the [...]
February 12, 2020
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Overview of the Russian plywood market and price evolution
Plywood sales in the Russian market fell from 1.7% to 12.9% per year from 2014 to 2018. Russian [...]
February 10, 2020
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UPM could close Chapelle mill in France
In September 2019, UPM announced plans to sell its Chapelle newsprint mill in Grand-Couronne, France. [...]
February 10, 2020
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Germany: Dramatic fall in softwood pulplog prices
In Germany, softwood pulplog prices have experienced a dramatic decline the past year because of an oversupply of [...]
February 7, 2020
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Moody’s 2020 forecast for the global wood products market
-For the wood products and timberland sub sector, Moody’s says operating earnings will [...]
January 8, 2020
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Austrian wood industry hit hard by climate change
Record snowfall, extreme drought and the hottest June in the history: weather extremes once again shaped the forest year 2019 [...]
January 6, 2020
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$1-billion takeover bid of Canfor fails
Lumber giant Canfor has terminated an arrangement agreement between the company and Jim Pattison’s Great Pacific Capital Corporation. [...]
January 6, 2020
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Sawlog prices falling in most major markets around the world
A plentiful supply of logs coupled with declining demand moved sawlog prices downward in most major markets around the world [...]
December 19, 2019
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