Norske Skog to double wood pellets capacity at facility in New Zealand
The Norske Skog group has decided to invest about A$ 7 million ($5 million) to upgrade the Nature’s Flame [...]
December 6, 2018
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Austria: Softwood lumber prices on a downward trend in November
In November, most softwood lumber assortments in Austria are on a declining price trend. The only exception is the price [...]
December 6, 2018
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Lumber exports from Belarus continue booming trend in Q3
In the third quarter of this year, Belarusian exporters sold 859,000 m³ of lumber worth US $ 93.7 million [...]
December 6, 2018
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Central/West Africa: Downward pressure on FOB tropical logs prices
Central/ West African producers report a slight easing of sawnwood and log FOB prices (Euro basis) being offered by buyers [...]
December 6, 2018
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EU imports of tropical logs pick up pace in third quarter
After a downturn in 2017, the quantity of EU imports of tropical logs recovered ground in the first nine months [...]
December 5, 2018
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China regained share of US plywood market
US imports of hardwood plywood fell by 9% in September with an across-the-board decline in both volume and [...]
December 5, 2018
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US softwood lumber prices keep on rising
A mostly measured sales pace was reported across the most of US framing lumber species last week. Modest upward momentum [...]
December 5, 2018
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Prices of wood pellets in Central Europe on the rise
Wood pellets prices of Austria, Germany and Switzerland (DACH region) were increasingly converging in November. While [...]
December 5, 2018
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UK will limit the use of cross-laminated timber in construction
The UK government is banning combustible materials on new high-rise homes, revealing that it will limit the use of [...]
December 5, 2018
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China: No more log fumigation at Taicang Port
It has been reported that Taicang Port is considering a ban on fumigating North American logs because of the risk [...]
December 3, 2018
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