Recent trends in Russia’s birch plywood market
Global plywood production has reached a level of about 160 million m3 in the recent years. China accounts for over [...]
June 18, 2019
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Softwood log stocks in Chinese ports starting to fall
Total softwood log stocks across China have reduced slightly from last month to around 3.8 million m3. Daily uplift [...]
June 18, 2019
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China: Transformation of the Nanxun wood industry
Major changes have taken place in the Nanxun timber industry over the past few years. The main change has been [...]
June 18, 2019
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More than 600 companies urge Trump to end tariffs on Chinese imports
Companies across a wide array of industries have almost uniformly opposed the Trump administration's plan to expand a 25 [...]
June 18, 2019
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West Fraser to permanently close Chasm lumber mill
West Fraser announced its intention to permanently close its Chasm lumber mill and eliminate the third shift from its 100 [...]
June 18, 2019
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Global trade of softwood lumber reaches the second highest level on record
Global trade of softwood lumber reached 120 million m3 in 2018, the second highest level on record. The uptick in [...]
June 18, 2019
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Germany: Summer price for wood pellets in June
As well as in May, in June the price of wood pellets in Germany fell from the previous month by [...]
June 17, 2019
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Russian sawmilling industry- Factors influencing investments and business outlook
The Russian sawmilling industry is characterized by fragmentation, a division between large export-oriented companies and smaller companies relying on [...]
June 17, 2019
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Former closed sawmill in BC converts to wood pellets; production exported to Japan
A sawmill in McBride, B.C., that shutdown 13 years ago is getting a new life as a wood pellet [...]
June 17, 2019
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Europe’s “zero deforestation” policies: an opportunity for tropical timber?
Increasingly the twin concepts of “zero deforestation” and “embodied deforestation” lie at the heart of European policy making, both in [...]
June 17, 2019
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