Europe is massively expanding softwood logs exports to China, as domestic market is hit by oversupply
- China is increasing importation of logs from New Zealand and Europe, while diminishing imports from North America and Russia [...]
January 7, 2020
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Russia’s Far East: Huge timber reserves are unexploited sufficiently
Almost half of the lands of the forest fund of the Russian Federation (556.2 million ha, 49%) and a [...]
January 6, 2020
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Resolute Forest acquires Conifex Timber’s 3 U.S. sawmills
Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced it will acquire Conifex Timber Inc. 's three U.S. sawmills for $163 million, plus [...]
January 6, 2020
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Global output of wood products is at 70-year high
The global production and trade of major wood products such as industrial roundwood, sawnwood and wood-based panels have surged [...]
January 6, 2020
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Vietnam’s wood products exports on target to hit US$11.5 billion this year
According to figures from the Vietnam Timber and Forest Product Association (VTFPA), Vietnam’s wood exports value in 2019 is [...]
January 6, 2020
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$1-billion takeover bid of forestry giant Canfor fails
Lumber giant Canfor has terminated an arrangement agreement between the company and Jim Pattison’s Great Pacific Capital Corporation. [...]
December 19, 2019
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Weyerhaeuser sells Montana timberlands
Weyerhaeuser Company announced an agreement to sell its 630,000 acres of timberland in Montana to a private timberland investment [...]
December 19, 2019
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Analysis of China’s current wood processing industry capacity
The output value of China’s timber processing and wood products industries in 2018 was RMB1.3 trillion, accounting for [...]
December 19, 2019
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Canfor’s takeover by Jim Pattinson facing growing opposition from shareholders
The bid by billionaire Jim Pattison to take Canfor Corp. private is facing growing opposition from shareholders, though the investment [...]
December 17, 2019
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Loggers in US seek relief from sharp drop in China log exports
The Carolina Loggers Association (CLA) has joined logging associations across the United States and the American Loggers Council (ALC) to [...]
December 17, 2019
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