Finland’s sawmills and plywood plants close for a week aiming to put pressure unions
Some 100,000 Finnish employees in industrial sectors began a three-day strike on Monday to back up their salary [...]
December 11, 2019
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Demand for American red oak at an all-time high in India
Demand for American red oak in India is at all-time high. It is this increased demand for red oak [...]
December 10, 2019
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STTC Conference considers links between FLEGT licenses and forest certification
To rebuild share in the European market, the tropical wood sector must exploit emerging opportunities from the synergies between the [...]
December 10, 2019
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John Deere starts to cut jobs as it expects sales of the construction and forestry equipment to drop by 15%
Deere & Co. is laying off 57 workers at its Davenport manufacturing plant, saying reduced building activity is expected to [...]
December 10, 2019
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Romania’s Government considers banning wood exports outside the EU
More than half of Romania’s wood exports go outside the European Union (EU), official statistics show. Romanian timber and [...]
December 10, 2019
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Russia surpasses Canada and becomes world’s largest softwood lumber exporter in 2019
Russia has surpassed Canada to become the world’s largest exporter of softwood lumber in 2019 and is on track [...]
December 9, 2019
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Sawlog prices falling in most major markets around the world in 3Q/2019
A plentiful supply of logs coupled with declining demand moved sawlog prices downward in most major markets around the world [...]
December 9, 2019
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US wood products industry pleads for relief from impact of trade dispute
US wood products industry groups have seen a dramatic negative impact on business since the start of the trade dispute [...]
December 4, 2019
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Bark beetle infestation and storm damaged timber in Europe rapidly changing global trade flows
Up to the end of October, European log exports to China imports were a whopping 5.6 million m3. The [...]
December 4, 2019
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China’s forestry industry posts continuous expansion
China's forestry sector has seen continuous expansion in recent years, an official with the National Forestry and Grassland Administration [...]
December 4, 2019
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