Pulp & Paper

Current trends in the global forest industry

    Record-high lumber prices in North America and Europe have moved both sawlog demand and values [...]

Canfor to reduce production due to supply chain challenges

Canfor Pulp Products Inc. is announcing temporary NBSK and BCTMP production reductions at Northwood Pulp and Taylor Pulp in response [...]

Estonian log prices are heading for a fall this autumn

    As in many countries, there was an unprecedented log boom in the Estonian timber market during [...]

Stora Enso: Wood Products division reports all-time high results

Forest products company Stora Enso's operational earnings rose to 410 million euros (478 million U.S. dollars) before interest [...]

Sweden: Rising roundwood prices in Q3/2021

Delivery purchase prices on Swedish roundwood increased during the 3Q 2021 after having been unchanged during the 2Q 2021.   [...]

Commission suspects UPM, Stora Enso and Metsä of cartel activities

The European Commission’s competition authorities began separate, unannounced inspections of the premises of Finnish forestry firms UPM and Stora [...]

Foundation stone of Metsä Group’s Kemi bioproduct mill laid

    The Kemi bioproduct mill project of Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, is progressing according to [...]

Norway: Sharp rise in softwood log prices

The gradual increase in softwood prices in Norway since the second quarter of 2020 has continued into the second quarter [...]

Stora Enso joins consortium which promotes wood as building material

Finnish giant Stora Enso has become the 21st organisation to join the EU-funded Build-in-Wood consortium, which promotes [...]

Falling roundwood prices in Finland

Finnish spruce logs fetched an average of EUR 66.9 per cubic metre in standing sales in July. This was [...]