Archives: June 2018

Russian Ilim Timber plans to modernize 3 of its kilns

Ilim Timber chose Valutec to modernize three of its progressive kilns. Valutec will convert three of Ilim’s existing 1 [...]

Brazil latest prices for logs, sawnwood and plywood

Latest prices for Brazilian logs, sawnwood and plywood prices 1-15 May, 2018.        [...]

While lumber sales in the US go down, prices set new highs

    Framing lumber sales in the US started to descend, as compared to the last two weeks [...]

Chinese softwood lumber and logs imports tripled during the last 10 years

Softwood logs and softwood lumber imports to China have more than tripled in ten years with lumber volumes surpassing logs [...]
June 4, 2018 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / China

Softwood logs exports from New Zealand reached record volumes in March

    New Zealand's exports of softwood logs reached record volumes during March 2018. The shipments to [...]

BSW Timber invests EUR 40 million in building Slovenia’s largest sawmill

BSW Timber announced on the 22nd of May that it will invest EUR 40 million in a new sawmill, CHP [...]

Austrian wood pellets prices descend in May

Prices for Austrian wood pellets went on a descending path during May, as it was also the case for Germany [...]

Sabah to ban timber exports

Sabah's chief minister, Shafie Apdal, announced that he will instruct the state Forestry Department to immediately impose a ban [...]

Norwegian Ekornes receives $630m cash bid from Chinese Qumei

China’s Qumei Home Furnishing Group on the 22nd of May made an all-cash bid for Norway’s Ekornes [...]