Sawmilling

Stella-Jones describes the post-Covid lumber market

Stella Jones has a long track record of steady and profitable growth. This was achieved organically and through selective acquisitions [...]

Big changes in US lumber futures prices

US lumber futures are on another wild ride, but trading them has gotten pretty boring.    In [...]

Constrained log supply could maintain price pressure in China

The price for logs in China has risen steadily this year on the back of anticipated increased demand after the [...]

Czech Republic drastically reduces logging as the bark beetle calamity retreats

    Last year, with the retreat of the bark beetle calamity, the Czech state enterprise Lesy Česk [...]

Are we in a lumber price bubble again?

    When the lumber bubble burst in the spring of 2021, it was expected to be the [...]

War in Ukraine: Supply of woodworking machinery from Germany into Russia to be reduced

Sanctions imposed by the European Union on Russia in connection with the military invasion in Ukraine have limited operations on [...]

Finland: 2021 wood markets – both volumes and prices peaked

In 2021, industrial roundwood trade in Finland increased by a little more than a quarter from the previous year. Log [...]

French MEP proposes ban on exports of European logs

    French MEP Emmanuel Morel sent a request to the European Commission, in which he expressed concern [...]
February 28, 2022 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

Canfor to sell Mackenzie sawmill

    Canfor Corporation is selling more assets to Peak Renewables, which is in the wood pellet production [...]