Archives: June 2019

Chinese companies seeking alternatives to US timber

At present, Chinese companies have been able to absorb the increased tariff levels on imported US timber raw materials but [...]

Tropical wood trade in EU strong this year

The EU’s trade in tropical wood products was more buoyant in the first quarter this year compared to the [...]

Stora Enso’s forest holdings in Sweden increase to 1.4 million hectares

    The shareholders of Bergvik Skog AB, a Swedish forest holding company, have finalised the previously announced [...]

Canfor completed first phase acquisition of Elliott Sawmilling

Canfor Corporation announced that it has completed the first phase purchase of 49% of Elliott Sawmilling Co. Inc announced on [...]

Sharp fall in US lumber prices

    Mills idled by wildfires in Western Canada and expectations that more market- or resource-related shutdowns [...]

Ligna 2019 attracted more than 90,000 visitors

The five-day LIGNA 2019 closed on an impressive note. The world's leading trade fair for woodworking and wood [...]

China: Boom in timber delivered via railway

    How will the competition between railway transported timber and port timber affect the market structure in [...]

Interfor curtails production in BC

Interfor announced plans to temporarily reduce production across its operating platform in the BC Interior during the month of June [...]

Metsä’s plans for a new pine sawmill in Finland ongoing

    Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, has awarded ÅF Pöyry with the pre-engineering assignment [...]

Stora Enso inaugurates new CLT production unit

Stora Enso’s investment in a new production unit for cross laminated timber (CLT) at Gruvön sawmill in Sweden [...]