Tighter supplies of wood in global markets expected to increase prices in the upcoming period
The easing of lockdown conditions in many countries are causing significant upward pressure. These include a mismatch between [...]
October 26, 2020
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Global wood fiber markets in 2Q/20
Wood raw-material costs fell for most pulp manufacturers throughout the world in the 2Q/20, reducing fiber price indices [...]
October 12, 2020
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Global housing markets to face tougher year in 2021
Most major housing markets won’t keep up with consumer price inflation in 2021 and are faced with multiple downside [...]
October 2, 2020
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Moody’s: Outlook for global forest sector turns positive, boosted by timber and wood products
The overall outlook for the global forest products industry has been changed to positive from negative, reports Moody’s Investors [...]
September 18, 2020
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Current trends in the global softwood lumber markets
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and its bad consequences on trade, there are more positive signals to notice in the [...]
September 9, 2020
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Sawlog prices down globally in Q2/2020
Sawlog prices fell in most of the major regions of the world in the 2Q/20. A strengthening US dollar [...]
September 9, 2020
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Global forestry machine market to witness declining sales due to Covid-19; long-term outlook positive
The global forestry machinery market will witness declining sales in the near term amid the COVID-19 outbreak, but the [...]
September 2, 2020
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COVID-19 pandemic expected to further slow the global construction activity
Global construction activity contracted across all region in Q2 due to the lockdowns to control the spread of the COVID [...]
August 11, 2020
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Global MDF expansion continues at a fast pace
New MDF investment in Lithuania, and a rice straw MDF plant in the US are now [...]
July 8, 2020
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Global sawlog prices hardly change in Q1, despite trade interruptions; lumber demand in key markets uncertain
Global sawlog prices hardly change in Q1 from Q4, despite trade interruptions, uncertainty about short-term lumber demand in key [...]
June 3, 2020
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