Sawmilling

Russia: Sveza plans to set up its own logging company

    Russian plywood manufacturer Sveza has set up its own logging company, Sveza Resource LLC. The company [...]

Worst bark beetle infestation in decades expected in France

    Long waves of heat, dry weather have brought the worst bark beetle infestation in two decades [...]

US lumber prices start to drop after weeks of growth

After several weeks of consistent growth, the US lumber prices fell quite considerably last week. On average, lumber prices fell [...]

Canfor announces new production curtailments

    Canfor Corporation announced further capacity reductions at two of its British Columbia sawmills with an indefinite [...]

Stora Enso plans capacity increase in CLT and construction beam mills

    Stora Enso has initiated feasibility studies for a possible cross laminated timber (CLT) unit in connection [...]

Bark beetle logging doubled in Czech forests

In the first half of 2019, the number of bark beetle logged wood in the Czech State Forests more than [...]
July 29, 2019 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

U.S. sawmills rise lumber production; fall in Canadian output

Softwood lumber production by U.S. sawmills in the first four months of 2019 was 11.718 billion board ft [...]

Swedish sawlog prices on the rise in Q2/2019

    The second quarter of 2019 shows rising sawlog prices in Sweden on a yearly basis. Pine [...]

Vietnam takes benefit from the US/China trade war

    In the first three months of 2019 Vietnam’s wood product exports were valued at around [...]

West Fraser expects sharp drop in lumber production for 2019

The Canadian company reported lumber inventories reduced by approximately 150 million board feet in Q2/2019, and expects a 600 [...]