Sawmilling

Log shipments to China may be affected by new phytosanitary requirements

    The US National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA) has been made aware of a developing situation involving [...]

Increased log exports exports to China causes low hardwood supply in Germany

German sawmills are currently lacking hardwood. The reason is the increasing export of logs to China.     [...]

Resolute Forest Products invests in La Doré wood products facilities

Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced major investments totaling $12,956,700 in its La Doré wood products facilities, located in [...]

Roundwood consumption in Finland reaches record level

The amount of roundwood consumed in the manufacture of forest industry products increased in 2017 for the fifth year in [...]

US lumber prices on the rise at the end of April

    Framing lumber trading in the US rapidly increased during last week, while producers reacted with a [...]

Exports of logs from New Zealand to China pick up after the Chinese New year

    The export log market in New Zealand picked up after the slowdown ahead of the Chinese [...]

North American lumber giants increase production in 2017

The annual Wood Markets’ “Billion Board Foot Club” list of top global lumber companies showed further gains in production by [...]

Booming lumber prices in the US cover duties on Canadian softwood

The American lumber consumers are starting to feel the effects of the import duties on Canadian softwood.     [...]

Weyerhaeuser boosts net earnings by 71.3% in Q1/2018

    Weyerhaeuser reported Q1 2018 net earnings of $269 million (+71.3% YoY) on net sales of [...]

Norwegian sawmills to expand lumber capacity

Three Norwegian sawmils have chosen to invest in lumber kilns from Valutec for a total order value of more than [...]