Main Russian wood pellet suppliers and foreign buyers in H1/2019
Exports of wood pellets from Russia are growing at the highest rate in recent years. In H1/2019, exports grew [...]
August 13, 2019
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Vietnamese company to supply 300,000 t/yr of wood pellets to Japan
Eastwood Energy Joint Stock Company signed a long-term contract with CellMark, a global supply chain service company, to sell [...]
August 13, 2019
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Stora Enso plans to cut jobs; to close one sawmill in Finland
70 people are involved in the negotiations. 15 jobs are expected to be cut. Efora, that specialises in [...]
August 13, 2019
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Italian woodworking machinery industry sees sharp fall in orders
In the second quarter of 2019 the orders of wood and furniture machinery and equipment in Italy have decreased by [...]
August 13, 2019
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Billionaire Jim Pattinson makes offer to take over Canfor private for almost US$ 1 billion
Jim Pattison's Great Pacific Capital Corp. has made an offer to buy the rest of Canfor Corp. it does [...]
August 13, 2019
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US antidumping rates to rise significantly for Chinese wood flooring imports
The antidumping rates for Chinese engineered wood flooring imports have increased significantly for nearly all Chinese producers, who were previously [...]
August 7, 2019
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Norbord’s Q2/2019 results negatively impacted by lower OSB prices
Norbord Inc., the world’s largest producer of oriented strand board (OSB), reported Adjusted EBITDA of USD 36 million in [...]
August 7, 2019
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Metsa Group attributes poor Q2 result to low price in Asia
The profit of the major Finnish forest industry company Metsa Group worsened remarkably in April-July, as prices in China [...]
August 2, 2019
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Mexican Proteak reports record MDF production
The MDF producer Pro MDF, which belongs to the Mexican Proteak Uno, produced a total of 57,400 m³ of [...]
August 1, 2019
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New Zealand’s Spectrum Group plans to build sawmill on former Waverley Sawmills site
While Waverley Sawmills is closed for business its new owner has been working towards a modern state-of-the-art [...]
August 1, 2019
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