Western Forest Products to curtail its Port Alberni sawmill
Western Forest Products said that operations at its sawmill in Port Alberni, BC, have been temporarily curtailed. Work at the [...]
November 7, 2022
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Sawmilling / North America
Rayonier makes acquisitions in US South
Rayonier Inc. announced that the company has entered into two separate agreements to acquire approximately 172,400 acres of high [...]
November 7, 2022
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Disruptions in global trade of lumber and logs due Ukraine war
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24th came as a shock to many in Europe [...]
November 4, 2022
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Softwood log prices in Latvia continue to rise in Q3/2022
From July 2022 to September 2022, the price of softwood log assortments has continued to rise in the Latvian wood [...]
November 4, 2022
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European sawn softwood production and demand expected to cool down in H2/2022
Sawn softwood production in EOS (European Organization of the Sawmill Industry) countries has been growing for [...]
November 3, 2022
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Downturn in China beginning to impact African tropical logs and sawnwood prices
The economic slowdown in China has started to affect FOB prices with prices for okoume, beli and some of the [...]
November 3, 2022
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India: Logs and sawn timber import demand slows
Economic activity started slowing in India in the middle of October as preparations commenced for Diwali (Festival of Lights) on [...]
November 3, 2022
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Central European roundwood markets are at a turning point
Forests in much of Central Europe have recently suffered extensive damage from a bark beetle outbreak [...]
November 1, 2022
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B.C. lumber giants still report good profits in Q3/2022, but outlook negative
Inflation and its cure, rising interest rates, are beginning to hit the bottom lines of two [...]
November 1, 2022
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Holmen and SCA plan to build large sawmill in northern Sweden
Holmen and SCA have decided to initiate a pre-study to evaluate the viability of building a new, large-scale [...]
November 1, 2022
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