ISC 2019 story 1: Is the bark beetle crisis the new ”normal”?
On October 17 and 18, 2019, the 67th International Softwood Conference took place in Antwerp in the Radisson Blu Astrid [...]
November 11, 2019
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Global wood pellet demand – current and projection
The size of the global wood pellet market for 2019 was estimated to be valued at over U.S. $8 [...]
November 11, 2019
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Finland: Oversupply in sawnwood markets reduces export prices
Oversupply in key export markets is reflected in the average export price of Finland’s sawnwood. The average export price [...]
November 11, 2019
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Steady growth in EU wood pellet production and consumption
The 28 European Union member states produced nearly 17 million metric tons of wood pellets last year and consumed nearly [...]
November 8, 2019
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Free trade agreement with China to facilitate New Zealand timber products exports
The just announced phased reduction of tariffs for wood and paper exports to China will assist, in a long term [...]
November 8, 2019
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Sweden: Unusually large stocks of wood in September
Stocks of softwood, pulpwood and pulp chips have fallen since this summer but are nonetheless unusually large for the season [...]
November 8, 2019
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Nordic sawmill curtailments to continue
Nordic sawmillers have reported weaker results and curtailment of production to manage lower prices, oversupply and weakening demand amid a [...]
November 7, 2019
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Analysis of Vietnam’s wood products industry: opportunities and challenges coexist
As one of the major trade surplus areas in Vietnam, timber, wood products and forest products have gradually developed into [...]
November 7, 2019
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North American softwood lumber prices on the rise
The business of manufacturing and distributing North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber is directly tied to US home building [...]
November 7, 2019
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Norbord reports lower revenues due to lower panel prices in Europe, falling N. American OSB prices
Norbord Inc. reported Adjusted EBITDA of $33 million in the third quarter of 2019 compared to $36 million in the [...]
November 5, 2019
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