Canfor to further reduce production in BC
The curtailments will reduce Canfor’s annual production output by approximately 400 million board feet. Canfor Corporation announced [...]
July 19, 2019
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Beetle logging in the Czech State Forests more than doubled in one year
+112% of beetle-infested wood in the 1H In the first half of 2019, the number of bark [...]
July 18, 2019
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Rising softwood lumber production for U.S. sawmills, while Canadian output drops sharply
Softwood lumber production by U.S. sawmills in the first four months of 2019 was 11.718 billion board ft [...]
July 18, 2019
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Sweden: Sawlog prices on the rise in Q2/2019
Pine logs cost now an average of 472 SEK/m3 (EUR 44.92/m3), while spruce logs SEK 531/m3 [...]
July 18, 2019
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Vietnam captures opportunities from US/China trade dispute
In the first three months of 2019 Vietnam’s wood product exports were valued at around US$2.3 billion [...]
July 18, 2019
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China: Top 10 softwood log importing companies
The first importing company, in terms of value, was Shanghai Shengwosheng Forest Corporation, with a total amount of imports reaching [...]
July 17, 2019
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Norway: Sawlog prices continue to fall
The average price across the whole range of roundwood assortments in Norway fell slightly again in May 2019. Following the [...]
July 17, 2019
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Government of British Columbia plans to reduce log exports
The Government of British Columbia is taking the first step toward ensuring that more B.C. logs are processed in [...]
July 17, 2019
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Changing trends in China’s wood supply market: Why the NZ log exports and prices have fallen?
Several cascading effects have impacted Chinese markets for NZ pine logs in Q2 CY19, which will have ramifications throughout Q3 [...]
July 17, 2019
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Södra’s results decreased in the first half
Södra’s operating profit for the first half-year totalled SEK 2,009 million, compared with SEK 2,257 [...]
July 17, 2019
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