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EU countries to benefit from the US-China trade war

The additional tariffs on US imports from China threatened by US President Donald Trump would damage China, while giving the [...]

August 14, 2019

Billionaire Jim Pattinson makes offer to take over Canfor private for almost US$ 1 billion

Jim Pattison's Great Pacific Capital Corp. has made an offer to buy the rest of Canfor Corp. it does [...]

August 13, 2019

Cheaper roundwood in Estonia

At a price of EUR 73.84/m3 and EUR 76.54/m3 respectively, pine and spruce sawlogs have decreased [...]

August 5, 2019

Metsa Group attributes poor Q2 result to low price in Asia

The profit of the major Finnish forest industry company Metsa Group worsened remarkably in April-July, as prices in China [...]

August 2, 2019

UPM to invest US$2.7 billion in a new pulp mill in Uruguay; company’s pulp capacity to rise by 50%

UPM has made the investment decision to construct a 2,1 million tonne greenfield eucalyptus pulp mill near Paso de [...]

July 24, 2019

Södra’s results decreased in the first half

Södra’s operating profit for the first half-year totalled SEK 2,009 million, compared with SEK 2,257 [...]

July 17, 2019

Wood fiber costs for softwood pulp manufacturers have reached the highest level in five years

The Softwood Fiber Price Index (SFPI) has risen the past two years. In the 1Q/19, the Index reached its [...]

July 15, 2019

Estonia: Considerable drop in roundwood prices in May

Spruce and pine sawlogs are priced at 75-76 EUR / m3 in May, more than 3% lower as compared to [...]

July 10, 2019

Germany: Prices for wood products on a negative trend this spring

The economic downturn noted by the European market research institutes is also reflected in Germany's [...]

July 8, 2019

US wood industry counts cost of trade dispute with China

The US trade and tariff war with China that has been reignited in recent weeks is directly impacting American log [...]

July 2, 2019

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