Sawmilling

Finnish roundwood prices on the rise in September

In September, the stumpage price for pine logs in Finland was EUR 61.6 per cubic metre,  and the price [...]

Canada’s San Group to build new sawmill

Canadian San Group has signed an agreement to purchase land on the Port Alberni Catalyst Paper mill site in order [...]

Holmen to rise production at Brakiven Sawmill in Sweden

Holmen has decided to invest SEK 170 million to increase the production of wood products at Braviken Sawmill in Sweden [...]

Russia: ULK Group to build large wood processing complex

Within five years, ULK Group of Companies will build from scratch the largest in Russia complex for deep processing of [...]

Bark beetle infestation hits the German sawmill industry

After the high amount of damaged timber from various windthrows and the subsequent problem of beetle wood, the sawmills focus [...]

Russia’s Titan Group increases sawnwood and wood pellet production

Group of companies “Titan” informed that its subsidiary Lesozavod 25 in January-September 2018 increased sawing volume to 1,188 [...]

Vietnam’s wood industry to play a decisive role in the US-China trade war

Starting from mid-September 2018, the US decided to impose 10 percent tariffs with the total cost of $189 billion [...]

Sweden’s sawmill industry facing raw materials short supply

During the last year, raw material supply in Sweden has been restricted somewhat by different factors. After a rainy autumn [...]

Rising prices for Sarawak logs

Logs prices in Sarawak significantly increased due to higher demand from neighbouring Sabah, which banned timber exports since May this [...]

China: October prices for logs and sawnwood imports

      The report below contains the latest prices of logs and sawnwood from main timber [...]