ENplus certification for wood pellets launches its revision process
The European Pellet Council (EPC), governing body of the ENplus® certification for wood pellets, has announced [...]
December 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Wood Energy / ...Europe
US softwood lumber prices rise at the end of November
A mostly measured sales pace was reported across the most of US framing lumber species at the end of November [...]
December 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
Wood pellets prices in Central Europe rising in November
Wood pellets prices of Austria, Germany and Switzerland (DACH region) were increasingly converging in November. While [...]
December 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Europe
UK to limit the use of CLT in construction
The UK government is banning combustible materials on new high-rise homes, revealing that it will limit the use of [...]
December 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Construction / Europe
No more log fumigation at Chinese Taicang Port
It has been reported that Taicang Port is considering a ban on fumigating North American logs because of the risk [...]
December 6, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / North America
EU tropical timber imports recover in Q3/2018
EU imports of tropical wood products dipped sharply in 2017 and started this year very slowly but recovered some lost [...]
December 6, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Europe / South America
West Fraser to curtail production at 4 sawmills in BC
West Fraser announced it will implement temporary production curtailments over the holiday period at four of its British Columbia sawmills [...]
December 6, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Sawmilling / North America
22,6% of the global industrial roundwood production is now FSC certified
A recent analysis across FSC forest management audit reports revealed that approximately 423 million cubic meters of wood are harvested [...]
December 6, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
Vietnam’s wood products exports to set new record in 2018
Vietnam’s forestry product export is expected to reach 9.3 billion USD this year, according to the Ministry of [...]
December 6, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Energy / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East
Trump and Xi Jinping agree to suspend trade tariffs
US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to halt new trade tariffs for 90 days [...]
December 6, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Woodworking Machinery / China / North America
