Fears of wood supply chain problems in China due to the outbreak of coronavirus
There is industry concern that if the virus were to infect more people in coastal towns and cities [...]
February 3, 2020
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“Greta effect” evident at European trade shows in opening weeks of 2020
The IMM Cologne and the Domotex flooring show in Hamburg were the key events for the European wood [...]
February 3, 2020
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Sweden: Roundwood prices continued to increase during 2019
Roundwood prices in Sweden have increased in 2019, marking two years consecutive rise; Pulpwood prices increased [...]
January 30, 2020
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Bark beetle outbreak – report from the Baltic states
As compared to the bark beetle outbreak in Central Europe, the situation in the Baltic states is stable [...]
January 30, 2020
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Crisis in the Russian forest industry due to abnormally warm weather
Abnormally warm weather is causing a crisis in the Russian forest industry; Due to the warm [...]
January 30, 2020
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450% rise in European softwood logs export to China; prices down sharply
15 million m3 of softwood logs have been exported from Europe to China from January to October 2019 [...]
January 28, 2020
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Calls for more softwood planting in Germany
The proportion of softwood trees in German forests is dropping, as more hardwood planting started decades ago for [...]
January 28, 2020
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Central European bark beetle crisis puts pressure on Estonian timber prices
Timber prices in Estonia have started rapidly falling from their spring-time high; Estonian wood prices [...]
January 27, 2020
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U.S. lumber company allegedly found importing high-risk Peruvian timber
An investigation by Timberleaks has found that New Orleans, Louisiana-based Robinson Lumber Company has a [...]
January 27, 2020
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Finland’s forestry industry paralyzed by strikes
Some 9,000 workers at Finnish paper mills will start a three-week strike this Monday after wage talks broke [...]
January 27, 2020
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