Pulp & Paper

Stora Enso starts feasibility study for possible investment in Oulu mill in Finland

Stora Enso has started a feasibility study and an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a possible investment in Oulu mill [...]

SCA begins production at recently expanded Östrand pulp mill in Sweden

SCA began production at the expanded Östrand pulp mill in Sweden. The company will investing SEK 7.8 billion ($881 [...]

Moody’s forecast for global paper and forest products industry upgrades to ‘positive’

Moody’s Corporation, bond credit rating business Moody’s Investors Service, has released a report which has changed the outlook [...]

Lenzing and Duratex to build giant pulp mill in Brazil

Lenzing, the Austrian cellulose fibres producer, and Duratex, the Brazilian wood panels maker, announced plan to build a dissolving wood [...]

Ilim Group makes $1 billion investment in its Ust-Ilimsk mill in Russia

    Ilim Group launches integrated investment project Big Ust-Ilimsk at Ilim's Mill in Ust-Ilimsk [...]

Finnish softwood lumber production stimulated by booming Chinese demand

The growth of the global economy, increasing demand for forest industry products and investments in Finland’s forest sector continue [...]

Metsä Group sell Eskola Sawmill in Finland

Finnish sawmill Haapajärven Saha Ha-Sa (Ha-Sa) has acquired Metsä Fibre's Eskola Sawmill in Kannus in Finland [...]

Global forest industry trends during the first quarter of 2018

The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) jumped 5.1% q-o-q in the 1Q/18 to reach its highest [...]

US pulpmills increased costs for wood fiber during the Q1/2018

During the first quarter of 2018, there were substantial increases in wood costs for pulpmills in Western US and Canada [...]

Roundwood prices in Finland increased during March

Roundwood prices in Finland have increased in March 2018, as compared to the same month last year. The same increase [...]