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Coronavirus: Sawmill closures around the world could cause concerns over wood pellet raw material supply

Expectations of a downturn in sawmill activity — a likely result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — has prompted concerns over wood [...]

March 30, 2020

Global forest products markets likely ‘bounce back’ after sharp decline in mid-2020

The economic impact of what is essentially a global shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic is already being felt. But [...]

March 27, 2020

Moody’s expects coronavirus to drive paper, forest products prices lower

Moody‘s outlook for the global paper and forest products industry remains negative. This reflects Moody’s expectation [...]

March 25, 2020

How will the coronavirus pandemic impact the global wood pellet market?

The coronavirus pandemic is likely to cause a global economic depression. Many sectors are being and will continue to be [...]

March 25, 2020

Logging companies in difficulty in Russia due to warm winter; wood prices expected to rise 20%

Due to the abnormally warm winter in Russia, a shortage of wood raw materials has formed. Logging equipment sometimes could [...]

March 24, 2020

Coronavirus and impact on world forest products trade

As the world grapples with a widening impact and unexpected global consequences of the coronavirus, both stock markets [...]

March 20, 2020

Coronavirus: Russian timber industry in search for new markets

Many exporters of the Russian timber industry are suffering losses because of the coronavirus. The majority were forced [...]

March 18, 2020

Sawlog prices contract all over the world, with biggest declines in Europe

Global trade of softwood logs in 2019 remained practically unchanged from 2018 at 93 million m3. As much as 45 [...]

March 16, 2020

Chinese wood industry slowly coming back to life

Chinese firms are resuming work, and there appears to be an improvement over the last week. However, production [...]

March 13, 2020

Plywood market in the Middle East is set to rise robustly

Middle East's plywood market is performing robustly for at least the past 10 years and is set [...]

March 12, 2020

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