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Woodrise International Congress closes on a positive note

The second edition of the Woodrise International Congress came to a close on 4 October on a very positive note [...]

October 14, 2019

Australia’s woodchip industry hit by US-China trade war as shipments cancelled

Australia's $1.4-billion plantation woodchip industry has been dragged into the US-China trade war, with a number [...]

October 7, 2019

The 67th International Softwood Conference 2019 to be organized in Antwerp

Antwerp, on the crossroads of international trade and a major harbour for wood and wood products, will be the host [...]

October 3, 2019

Global softwood lumber trade unexpectedly rises 5% in H1/2019; with record imports in China

Demand for lumber in China, the United Kingdom, Egypt and the Netherlands increased this year despite a slowdown in the [...]

September 17, 2019

Japanese forestry giants expand in New Zealand as Asian wood demand grows

The growing need in emerging markets for building materials and fuel has spurred Japanese trading houses to expand their forestry [...]

September 16, 2019

Falling sawlog prices across the world

The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) fell for the fifth consecutive quarter in the 2Q/19, reaching a two-year [...]

September 9, 2019

New Zealand logging contractors in trouble after price collapse in China

Logging contractors in New Zealand are letting staff go or are working on reduced hours after the sudden fall in [...]

September 2, 2019

New Zealand log prices in China start to recover

New Zealand log prices in China have improved after slumping earlier in the year, restoring a little confidence to the [...]

August 26, 2019

Wood starts to gradually replace concrete, as wooden skycrapers spread across the world

For more than a century, countries have raced to build the world’s tallest buildings with concrete and steel. Now [...]

August 22, 2019

New Zealand log exports to China up 27.2% in Q2/2019

Log exports from New Zealand to China expanded 27.2% y-o-y in second quarter of 2019 to 4 [...]

August 20, 2019

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