Timber exports from Ghana dropping sharply this year
The volume and value of Ghana’s timber exports has been falling in each of the past five months. [...]
September 21, 2017
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Edwards Wood Products to invest $30 million to open new sawmill
Edwards Wood Products will invest $30 million to open new sawmill in Scotland County. Edwards Wood [...]
September 21, 2017
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2017 International Softwood Conference- 4th-6th October 2017 in Hamburg
After the great success of the previous editions, the 2017 International Softwood Conference will be organized this year on the [...]
September 21, 2017
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Sawmill production costs in Brazil, Russia and Finland on the rise
Production cost margins for sawmills in Brazil, Russia and Finland have fallen during the first half of 2017, while they [...]
September 21, 2017
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China: Log imports up 8% in the first half of year
Log imports up 8% in the first half of year China’s log imports in the first half of 2017 [...]
September 19, 2017
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Ziegler Holzindustrie orders new continuous kiln from Valutec
German Ziegler Holzindustrie, Europe’s largest privately owned sawmill, has placed an order from Valutec. “Valutec [...]
September 19, 2017
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EU imports of tropical logs continue to slide
Tropical log imports into the EU fell in 2016 and this decline continued in the first half of 2017. EU [...]
September 18, 2017
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Sweden: Stock volumes of softwood sawlogs drop by 21%
Swedish softwood sawlogs stock volumes are estimated at about 2.1 million m3 in the Q2 of 2017. This represents [...]
September 18, 2017
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Georgia-Pacific makes $100m investment in new lumber mill in Alabama
Georgia-Pacific announced a new lumber production facility in Talladega, Alabama. Construction on the $100 million, 300,000-square-foot [...]
September 18, 2017
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Lumber prices in the US continued to rise last week
Sales of framing lumber in the US slowed down last week, but the demand outstripped production in most species and [...]
September 18, 2017
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