Sawmilling

Canfor improves earnings in Q2

For the 2Q 2020, Canfor Corporation reported operating income of $96.9 million, $185.7 million higher than the operating [...]

Production in the Russian timber industry could drop by 30%.

    The Russian construction industry may contract by almost 50% in 2021 and its revival will take [...]

UPM profit falls sharply in Q2/2020

Finnish forestry giant UPM reported a smaller-than-expected fall in quarterly profits, saying lockdowns hit paper demand and prices [...]

BC forest industry faces wave of sawmills closures

Softwood lumber prices soared 75% in recent weeks – but that won’t bring closed mills back  As governments [...]

SCA to boost wood harvesting level by 1 million m3 per year

    SCA has confirmed a new harvesting plan which shows that the harvesting level in the own [...]

Stora Enso sees sharp drop in its Wood Products division

Stora Enso's Wood Products division sales decreased by 16% in the second quarter yoy, or by EUR 65 million [...]

Vietnamese wood and wood products exports recover in June

Vietnam earned nearly 5 billion U.S. dollars from exporting wood and wood-based products in the first half of [...]

European forests under sustained pressure, study says

No year since weather records began was as hot and dry as 2018. A first comprehensive analysis of the consequences [...]

Holmen becomes an important player in the CLT industry

On Thursday, July 16, Holmen announced the news that the Group has signed an agreement to acquire the family-owned [...]

SmartLam quadruples CLT production

SmartLam, the first commercial manufacturers of cross-laminated timber (CLT) in the U.S., has officially opened its new production [...]