SCA and Martinsons deliver Swedish pine to the world’s longest bridge in China
Pine from the northern parts of Sweden has been used at the world's longest bridge over water. The 55 [...]
May 2, 2019
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Bark beetle destroying Central Europe’s forests
Hot, dry summers are fanning an unprecedented outbreak of bark beetles that are destroying vast swathes of central Europe’s [...]
May 2, 2019
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Canadian lumber giants in trouble: major production curtailments announced for this May
Major Canadian forestry products companies have announced sawmill production curtailments for the month of May. All complain about the surge [...]
May 2, 2019
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Demand for sawnwood in Germany is “red hot” at present
Germany is Europe’s largest economy with GDP likely to have exceeded US$4 trillion for the first time in [...]
May 2, 2019
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Interfor curtails lumber production at three of its sawmills in BC
Interfor Corp., one of Canada's leading lumber producers and among the largest lumber companies in the world, will curtail [...]
April 30, 2019
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Metsä plans to invest EUR 200 million in a new pine sawmill
Metsä Fibre will launch a pre-engineering phase for the construction of a new pine sawmill with approximately 750,000 [...]
April 30, 2019
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US lumber prices pick up after weeks of downfall
Market-related curtailments in British Columbia served as signs that framing lumber markets were oversold and downside risk was waning [...]
April 30, 2019
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Canfor to curtail operations at all British Columbia dimension mills; citing low lumber prices
Canfor Corporation will be temporarily curtailing operations at all British Columbia dimension mills effective April 29, 2019 due to low [...]
April 25, 2019
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Top global softwood lumber producers in 2018
As it has since 2007, West Fraser is the world’s largest softwood lumber producer: in 2018, the company produced [...]
April 24, 2019
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The boom in Vietnamese forestry products exports continues this year
The export value of Vietnam's forestry products increased by 17.8% year on year to take in US$3 [...]
April 24, 2019
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