Stora Enso sells its thermal wood business to Lunawood
The deal marks the end of heat production in Uimaharju, Finland. Lunawood, who is seeking growth, will move the equipment [...]
July 17, 2019
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Kronospan wants to build its second plant in Ukraine
The Kronospan Group plans to build a new plant at the Gorodok site in the Rivne region of Ukraine by [...]
July 17, 2019
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Government of British Columbia plans to reduce log exports
The Government of British Columbia is taking the first step toward ensuring that more B.C. logs are processed in [...]
July 17, 2019
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Changing trends in China’s wood supply market: Why the NZ log exports and prices have fallen?
Several cascading effects have impacted Chinese markets for NZ pine logs in Q2 CY19, which will have ramifications throughout Q3 [...]
July 17, 2019
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Södra’s results decreased in the first half
Södra’s operating profit for the first half-year totalled SEK 2,009 million, compared with SEK 2,257 [...]
July 17, 2019
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Pinnacle announces new pellet delivery contracts in Japan and South Korea
Pinnacle will supply a total of 210,000 metric tons of industrial wood pellets to Japan and South Korea. [...]
July 17, 2019
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Top 10 Russian wood pellet producing companies
Analysts estimate that currently 10 large wood pellet producers manufacture more than 60 percent of total Russian wood pellet production [...]
July 15, 2019
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Ikea to close its last U.S. plant
Ikea Industry will close its last U.S. plant with production being relocated to Europe. The Swedish furniture giant says [...]
July 15, 2019
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Pace of growth in US lumber prices slows
Lumber prices in US edged up 2$ over the previous week, after several weeks of considerable growth Framing [...]
July 15, 2019
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Wood fiber costs for softwood pulp manufacturers have reached the highest level in five years
The Softwood Fiber Price Index (SFPI) has risen the past two years. In the 1Q/19, the Index reached its [...]
July 15, 2019
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