China’s raw material sourcing to be substantially impacted by Russia’s 2022 log export ban
Softwood log exports from Russia have been in steady decline for the past 15 years and could reach [...]
October 28, 2020
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Encouraging signs in the US plywood market
US plywood markets remain quiet and slow on the buy side, over all. Though there are encouraging signs [...]
October 28, 2020
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UPM’s profits fall sharply in Q3/2020
Finnish forestry product giant UPM reported a larger than anticipated drop in profits in its third quarter. [...]
October 28, 2020
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N. American softwood lumber prices drop sharply, but remain high
“What goes up must come down,” as the saying goes. Particularly when talking about markets. After holding firm [...]
October 28, 2020
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Setra manages to sell its closed Rolf sawmill
There have been many trips around Setra-owned Rolf's sawmill in Kalix, Sweden which were finally closed [...]
October 28, 2020
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Russian plywood producer Sveza bets on Asia and doubles sales in 2020
Despite difficult economic conditions, Russian plywood producer Sveza managed to double its sales in East and Southeast Asia [...]
October 28, 2020
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Sweden: Autonomous forest machine ready for testing
In Sweden, researchers at Luleå University of Technology (LUT) have designed and built an autonomous forest machine that [...]
October 28, 2020
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Brazilian companies plan a U$ 6.3 billion investment in the forest sector by 2023
Companies associated with the Brazilian Tree Industry (Ibá), which represents the planted tree sector in Brazil, plan to [...]
October 28, 2020
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Trends that drove lumber prices to record highs will continue, Canfor’s CEO predicts
The work-from-home trend that drove lumber prices to record levels and helped producer Canfor Corp. realize [...]
October 27, 2020
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Huntsville Forest Products to acquire hardwood sawmill from Rayonier
Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Huntsville Forest Products (HFP), announced the acquisition of a [...]
October 27, 2020
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