Sawmilling

Softwood lumber production in N. America on a downward trend

    U.S. sawmills produced 26.616 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first [...]

China’s current wood processing industry capacity- short analysis

The output value of China’s timber processing and wood products industries in 2018 was RMB1.3 trillion, accounting for [...]

US loggers seek relief from sharp drop in China log exports

    The Carolina Loggers Association (CLA) has joined logging associations across the United States and the American [...]

World’s lumber producers with mixed performances in 3Q/2019

The financial health of the world’s lumber producers was mixed in the 3Q/19. The gross margins fell in [...]

Slight drop in U.S. lumber production

U.S. sawmills produced 26.616 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first nine months, edging down [...]

Germany: Damaged volumes from storms and bark beetle could reach 70 million m3 in 2019

As of September 2019, the estimates from 15 German states on this year’s incidence of damaged wood and the [...]

The European Commission presents the European Green Deal

Becoming the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 is the greatest challenge and opportunity of our times. To [...]

FSC to act on potential fraud Paulownia wood supply chain in Asia

Following an extensive investigation into Paulownia wood supply chains, FSC has taken initial action against a number of companies that [...]

Austrian wood industry hit hard by climate change

Record snowfall, extreme drought and the hottest June in the history: weather extremes once again shaped the forest year 2019 [...]