European woodworking and sawmill industries welcome EC’s legislative proposal on certification of carbon removals
The publication today by the European Commission of a draft legislative proposal on the certification of carbon removals has been [...]
December 1, 2022
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China: Recovery signs of the softwood import market in Q1/2023
In China, the softwood import market remains weak but there are small hopes for Q1/2023. As of mid-November [...]
December 1, 2022
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Western Forest Products to cut lumber production
Western Forest Products today announced plans to temporarily reduce its lumber production output for the remainder of 2022 by approximately [...]
December 1, 2022
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EU tropical wood imports slow with mounting signs of recession
In the first nine months of this year the EU27 imported 1.53 million tonnes of tropical wood and wooden [...]
December 1, 2022
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Nordic forest companies have more money than ever
The Nordic forest industry has never had as much money as it does now, says Danske Bank's forest sector [...]
November 30, 2022
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Top 15 biggest lumber producing companies in the world
GWMI picked the top 15 companies across the globe based on their softwood lumber production figures for 2021. The list [...]
November 28, 2022
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Germany: Wood prices defy the construction crisis
Softwood lumber prices in Germany are holding up. Hardwood prices are rising. Energy wood is still in demand. Pulpwood is [...]
November 28, 2022
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China’s timber market report in October 2022: Import prices continue to fall
According to the data of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China, by October 2022 [...]
November 28, 2022
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Global demand for timber could grow fourfold by 2050
The World Bank forecasts that global timber demand will quadruple by 2050, driven by economic and population growth. Gresham House [...]
November 28, 2022
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Housing slowdown may mean more downtime for N. American lumber producers
With signs that U.S. inflation has peaked, expectations are becoming more widespread for the Fed to begin tapering rate [...]
November 24, 2022
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