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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Substantial growth in China’s tropical sawnwood imports from Brazil
Thailand still is the main tropical sawnwood exporter to China. China’s tropical sawnwood imports from Thailand in 2018 were [...]
April 24, 2019
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Sweden: Sawlog prices in 1Q 2019 much higher than last year
Sawlog prices in Sweden had a different development during the 1Q 2019. The Northern and Southern regions showed marginal price [...]
April 23, 2019
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Building on tropical hardwood’s construction potential
Advocacy for using timber as a mainstream modern construction material is increasing in Europe and other regions. Faced with the [...]
April 23, 2019
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China: Imports of sawnwood drop, but prices rise
According to China Customs, 2018 sawnwood imports totalled 36.74 million cubic metres valued at US$10.13 billion, a [...]
April 23, 2019
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