New Zealand’s Spectrum Group plans to build sawmill on former Waverley Sawmills site
While Waverley Sawmills is closed for business its new owner has been working towards a modern state-of-the-art [...]
August 1, 2019
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Singapore’s Sudima to split planned US$200M wood processing complex in Russia’s Far East
Singapore's Sudima International, which announced earlier that it would build a wood-processing complex in the Primorye Territory worth [...]
August 1, 2019
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The Czech Republic grants EUR 100 million to forest owners to mitigate beetle calamity
The Czech Ministry of Agriculture is planning to promote non-state forest owners with up to 2.5 billion crowns [...]
August 1, 2019
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Brexit bites, but EU hardwood buoyed by new marketing moves
While uncertainty surrounding Brexit may be casting a shadow over the UK market the wider EU hardwood sector reports generally [...]
August 1, 2019
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Recovery in EU softwood lumber exports to China, as Germany pushes deliveries
Following a -32% drop in exports last year, European softwood lumber deliveries to China have recovered in the first five [...]
July 29, 2019
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Europe could be a future destination for American softwoods
American Softwoods Consultant, Charles Trevor, was interviewed by AEIM (Spanish Association of Wood Trade and Industry) and the article appeared [...]
July 29, 2019
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FSC sanctions Korean-Indonesian company for clearing tropical forests
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has sanctioned Korean-Indonesian conglomerate Korindo for clearing tropical forests in Indonesia to produce palm [...]
July 29, 2019
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US lumber prices keep to fall as no major production curtailment in BC announced
The measured pace in US framing lumber trading that began in early July persisted into the latter part of the [...]
July 29, 2019
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New Zealand exports more logs, despite falling log prices overseas
New Zealand exported more logs and wood in June 2019, despite falling log prices overseas. In June 2019, the value [...]
July 24, 2019
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West Fraser expects a 600 million board feet drop in lumber production for 2019
The Canadian company reported lumber inventories reduced by approximately 150 million board feet in Q2/2019, and expects a 600 [...]
July 23, 2019
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