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
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New import rules for US hardwood logs in EU
The new EU implementing directive 2019/523 of 21 March 2019 (available on request) concerns the protection measures against the [...]
August 21, 2019
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Germany: June prices for wood products continued descending trend
Producer prices for commercial wood products in Germany continued to decline in June. While there is a split [...]
August 21, 2019
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Northern European wood pellet prices hit record high this summer
Nordic wood pellet prices have risen to record highs amid stronger demand over the past month, but ample supply and [...]
August 21, 2019
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German exports of logs to China more than double this year
In the January-May period, log imports to China from Russia declined 26.2 percent year-over-year to 3 [...]
August 21, 2019
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Belarus to start producing wood pellets on a massive scale
A program to build six pellet plants in Belarus is being implemented. All of them will be operational in H1 [...]
August 19, 2019
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Pellet prices start to rise in Germany
The August pellet price in Germany has increased compared to the previous month. It rose slightly by 0.8 percent [...]
August 19, 2019
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Sweden: Derome to acquire construction trade Woody Anderstorp
Derome, Sweden’s largest family owned wood industry focused company, acquires Woody Anderstorp and joins the construction trade on January [...]
August 19, 2019
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Finnish sawmilling group Polkky to build 100,000 m3/year planing mill
Pölkky Oy has announced the construction of a new planing mill in Taivalkoski, Finland. The new facility will have [...]
August 19, 2019
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EU countries to benefit from the US-China trade war
The additional tariffs on US imports from China threatened by US President Donald Trump would damage China, while giving the [...]
August 14, 2019
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