Coronavirus: Current status of activity in the tropical timber market
As the coronavirus pandemic is expanding in many countries of the world, the tropical timber market has started to feel [...]
March 31, 2020
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German timber industry under heavy pressure: coronavirus aggravates the ongoing bark beetle, storm crisis
The German forestry and timber industry was already in a state of emergency before the coronavirus pandemic: storms, drought and [...]
March 31, 2020
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Metsä to invest EUR 200 million in a new sawmill in Rauma, Finland
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, has made the decision to build the world’s most modern sawmill in Rauma [...]
March 31, 2020
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Bergs Timber closes Gransjö sawmill in Sweden
The Board of Directors of Bergs Timber has decided to immediately initiate discussion with the unions to close Gransjö sawmill [...]
March 31, 2020
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Analysis: What’s the impact of the coronavirus on the Chinese timber industry?
During the coronavirus crisis, nearly half of the companies in the Chinese wood industry reported that the epidemic had a [...]
March 30, 2020
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Coronavirus: Sawmill closures around the world could cause concerns over wood pellet raw material supply
Expectations of a downturn in sawmill activity — a likely result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — has prompted concerns over wood [...]
March 30, 2020
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Canfor cuts Canadian lumber production by 40%
Canfor, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based timber and forest products company, is being forced to cut back on its operations [...]
March 30, 2020
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Coronavirus: Indonesia ends timber legality rule
Indonesia’s trade ministry has scrapped a requirement for wood exporters to obtain licenses verifying their wood comes from legal [...]
March 30, 2020
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Global forest products markets likely ‘bounce back’ after sharp decline in mid-2020
The economic impact of what is essentially a global shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic is already being felt. But [...]
March 27, 2020
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N. American wood industry giants announce more production curtailments in response to coronavirus
Wood business companies in North America are responding to the threats of the coronavirus pandemic. Here is a tracking of [...]
March 27, 2020
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