Metsä Wood inaugurates new Kerto LVL line in Finland
Metsä Wood, the Wood Products Industry of Metsä Group, inaugurated the new Kerto® LVL line in Punkaharju, Finland. The decision [...]
June 12, 2019
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Sawlog prices fell throughout the world in the 1Q/19
The global flow of softwood logs from countries with a surplus of wood raw material to regions with tight, or [...]
June 12, 2019
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Myanmar to allow plantation teak exports
The Myanmar government will again allow the exportation of raw teak and timber from state and privately-owned plantations, Ministry [...]
June 12, 2019
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Chinese tariffs to impact US forest supply chain
The US trade and tariff war with China that has been reignited in recent weeks is directly impacting American log [...]
June 10, 2019
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Canada has filed appeal against WTO’s April ruling in softwood lumber dispute with US
Canada has appealed against a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel ruling in a case it lost in April that would [...]
June 10, 2019
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China: Green plywood solution developed to reduce formaldehyde pollution
A "non-added formaldehyde" polyurethane adhesive plywood continuous press automatic production line solution has been developed in China as the [...]
June 10, 2019
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Falling plywood exports worries Brazilian producers
Exports of Brazilian plywood to the United States increased by more than 30 percent between 2017 and 2018. The export [...]
June 10, 2019
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US lumber prices continue to fall in June
Despite a growing list of mill curtailments, prices of framing lumber sagged under the weight of production. Demand [...]
June 10, 2019
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EBRD to loan EUR 116 million for Kronospan’s new OSB plant in Ukraine
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) organizes a syndicated loan of EUR116 million for Kronospan UA (Novovolynsk, Volyn [...]
June 10, 2019
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How many BC sawmills have taken downtime so far?
Hardly a week goes by that we’re not hearing of new sawmill curtailments or closures in B.C. For [...]
June 5, 2019
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