Prices for New Zealand logs crash amid slow demand in China and European spruce oversupply
Prices for New Zealand logs are 12 percent below the five- year average on the back of overstocking, the summer [...]
August 13, 2020
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Calamities and coronavirus: Bad prospects in the German and Austrian forest
The first half of the year was extremely bad for the majority of Austrian and German forest companies. In addition [...]
August 13, 2020
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Belarus starts to export wood pellets to the European market
Belarusian wood pellets will be exported to the European Union market, the press service of the Belarusian Forestry Ministry said [...]
August 13, 2020
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Estonian company to build a new sawmill in Belarus
The Estonian wood industry company Kaamos Timber entered into a loan agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development [...]
August 13, 2020
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Record pace for German exports of logs; 50% goes to China
Germany continued to export logs at record pace in early 2020, with almost 50% of the volume destined for China [...]
August 11, 2020
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COVID-19 pandemic expected to further slow the global construction activity
Global construction activity contracted across all region in Q2 due to the lockdowns to control the spread of the COVID [...]
August 11, 2020
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Finland’s forest industry will survive the coronavirus pandemic, despite production decreases
The coronavirus pandemic has increased demand for certain forest industry products, such as tissue paper and packaging material. However, that [...]
August 11, 2020
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Heavy floods in China expected to have an impact on timber demand
The summer rains arrived early this year in China and with unusual intensity. Over the past weeks, the average precipitation [...]
August 10, 2020
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Belarus to boost exports of sawn timber to China via railway
Since the beginning of this year, the exports of Belarusian Forestry Ministry enterprises have increased significantly. From January to May [...]
August 10, 2020
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JAF Group to close raw veneer plant in Romania
Due to the challenging market situation relating to raw veneers, the JAF Group has decided to provisionally discontinue its production [...]
August 10, 2020
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