Sawmilling

Many more Chinese wood products to be subject of US tariffs

    Many wood products and furniture items from China are on the latest list by the Trump [...]

Pessimistic forecasts for Malaysian wood products industry

    As the second half of 2018 approaches, analysts have projected that the wood-based manufacturing sector [...]

Holzindustrie Schweighofer accused of purchasing illegal logged wood in Romania

A new investigation takes a look behind the scenes to detail how the Austrian timber giant Holzindustrie Schweighofer, one of [...]

More than 80% of the Ligna 2019 space is already booked

While opening day is still about a year away, exhibition space at the world's leading trade fair for machinery [...]

Lumber companies in Canada lost millions of dollars due to US tariffs

U.S. duties introduced on softwood lumber imports from Canada determined a lot of financial difficulties to Canadian lumber companies [...]

Södra’s Q2/2018 results reach best results in the company’s history

Södra reported sustained strong operating profit of SEK 1,318 million (Q2/2017: SEK 461 million) for the second [...]

Ukraine forests destroyed by European sawmills, new report reveals

An investigation released by Earthsight revealed results of the organization’s two years work called Complicit in Corruption. According to [...]

Higher foreign demand to push Africa logs & sawnwood prices

Producers in West and Central Africa report that demand is very firm and while prices are stable, sentiment is for [...]

Netherlands boosts imports of wood products

    In the Netherlands, economic growth is at its highest point since 2008, consumer confidence is high [...]

New US tariffs on Chinese wood products include wood flooring

Wood flooring is included in a new list of 10 percent tariffs proposed for Chinese products by the Trump administration [...]