Fears of a second wave of bark beetles in Sweden after dry August
The Swedish Forest Agency and the forestry have been monitoring the swarms of spruce bark beetles, and their observations show [...]
September 14, 2020
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UPM builds a wood processing plant in Germany
Construction of a timber processing plant in Leuna, Germany, will start before the end of the third quarter of 2020 [...]
September 14, 2020
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Russia: ULK Group’s new mega sawmill equipped with Nordic technology
Russia’s ULK Group is investing about Euro 400 million in one of the country’s [...]
September 14, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe / Russia
Vietnamese forestry products exports up 10.3% in Jan.-Aug. 2020
Vietnam earned 7.83 billion USD from exporting forestry products in the first eight months of 2020, up 10.3 [...]
September 14, 2020
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Canada will keep fighting U.S. on softwood lumber tariffs, says PM
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed last week to keep up the fight against the never-ending effort in the [...]
September 14, 2020
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Many Canadian sawmills could revive if US softwood lumber tariffs will change
Changes to softwood tariffs between the United States and Canada could help alleviate the Canada’s lumber shortage. [...]
September 11, 2020
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Falling sawlog prices in Finland
In July, the average stumpage price for pine logs in Finland was EUR 53.5 per [...]
September 11, 2020
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Interview: Impact of Covid-19 on US hardwood exports to China
Where does the global wood industry go in the post-pandemic era? This is a topic that most professionals in [...]
September 11, 2020
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Vietnamese wood products exports stunning in the first half
According to Vietnam Customs, at the end of June, wood and wood product (W&WP) export revenues amounted to [...]
September 11, 2020
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Austria: Brisk demand for spruce logs not followed by rise in prices
The Austrian economy is slowly recovering from the coronavirus-related lockdown, despite continuing risks due to increasing numbers of infections [...]
September 11, 2020
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