Double-digit drop for US lumber prices at the end of May
Mills idled by wildfires in Western Canada and expectations that more market- or resource-related shutdowns were coming in the [...]
June 3, 2019
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Ligna 2019 attracted more than 90,000 visitors
The five-day LIGNA 2019 closed on an impressive note. The world's leading trade fair for woodworking and wood [...]
June 3, 2019
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China: Railway deliveries expected to sharply reduce timber imports through ports
How will the competition between railway transported timber and port timber affect the market structure in China? Some market participants [...]
May 29, 2019
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Interfor curtails production in BC Interior due to low lumber prices and high log costs
Interfor announced plans to temporarily reduce production across its operating platform in the BC Interior during [...]
May 29, 2019
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Metsä Fibre progresses plans for 750,000 m3/year pine sawmill in Rauma, Finland
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, has awarded ÅF Pöyry with the pre-engineering assignment for new bioproduct mill [...]
May 29, 2019
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Stora Enso inaugurates new cross laminated timber production unit
Stora Enso’s investment in a new production unit for cross laminated timber (CLT) at Gruvön sawmill in Sweden [...]
May 29, 2019
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China: Higher prices for imported softwood lumber since the beginning of the year
Average price for imported softwood lumber in China in April was $180 per m3, a decline of 6.1% since [...]
May 29, 2019
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Many sawmills in BC are expected to close in the next decade
British Columbia’s shrinking timber supply will attract approximately 12 sawmills to be closed in the next decade, following Tolko [...]
May 28, 2019
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US importers paying for Trump’s trade war, says IMF
Companies in the U.S. are paying almost all the costs from Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports, IMF [...]
May 28, 2019
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Vietnam’s wood products exports up 18.3% in the first four months
Export turnover of Vietnam's wood and wooden products reached nearly US$3.12 billion in the first four months [...]
May 28, 2019
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