Challenging market conditions lower profits for Swedish Setra
Swedish wood products company Setra has reported an operating profit of SEK 95 (287) million for the period January-September [...]
October 21, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
European companies gather to promote timber as replacement of steel and concrete in buildings
Armed with €10m in EU funding, a consortium of 21 European companies and organisations has formed to try and make [...]
October 21, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
Sweden: Slow sawnwood demand and bark beetle infestation cause foresters to drop timber prices
The Swedish forest owners association Mellanskog has announced a decrease in its timber prices. According to [...]
October 18, 2019
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Softwood lumber production in the U.S. on stable level, while Canadian output declines
U.S. sawmills produced 20.687 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first seven months of 2019 [...]
October 18, 2019
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Trump administration postpones tariff hike on Chinese imports
President Trump said the government had reach a “phase one” trade agreement with China and won [...]
October 18, 2019
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Czechia expects 30 million m3 of beetle wood from its forests in 2019
In 2019, it is estimated that 30 million cubic meters of beetle wood will be produced in Czech forests. Accordingly [...]
October 18, 2019
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Schweighofer says that high prices for logs in Romania makes the company uncompetitive
Today we pay 86 euros (per cubic meter of logs used to make the highest quality [...]
October 17, 2019
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China imports more softwood and less hardwood lumber
In the first half of 2019, the total import of logs and lumber totaled 485.394 million cubic meters, amounting [...]
October 17, 2019
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Stora Enso to curtail a sawmill in Finland
Finnish-Swedish forest industry giant Stora Enso will suspend operations for more than two months at its Uimaharju Sawmill in [...]
October 17, 2019
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US lumber prices bounce back despite low housing starts
North American lumber prices have bounced back but how long will this last? A look at [...]
October 17, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / North America
