Archives: September 2019

Russia’s wood industry increased lumber and pellets production

Over the past eight months of this year, the Russian domestic timber industry has been showing steady growth in almost [...]

Latest prices for exported wood products in Ghana

Prices for Ghana's exported wood products are the following between 16-31 August 2019:    Boule [...]

China: Prices for imported logs down sharply

    China’s log imports in the first half of 2019 totalled 29.56 million cubic metres [...]

Russia: RFP Group plans to double lumber production capacity; to boost pellet output

    Over the next four years, one of the leaders in the forest industry in the Far [...]

Rising pellet prices in Germany

    The pellet price in Germany rose by 1.4%  in September compared to the previous month [...]

India: Currrent prices for domestic and imported wood products

    Latest prices for Indian teak, plywood and sawnwood - 16-31 August 2019     [...]

Georgia-Pacific to invest $70 million in its plywood and lumber mill in Arkansas

Georgia-Pacific is investing $70 million for upgrades to its plywood and lumber operations in Gurdon, Arkansas.     [...]

Weyerhaeuser to sell its Michigan timberlands

Weyerhaeuser Company announced an agreement to sell its 555,000 acres of Michigan timberlands to Lyme Great Lakes Holding LLC [...]

Record softwood lumber imports in China

Demand for lumber in China, the United Kingdom, Egypt and the Netherlands increased this year despite a slowdown in the [...]

Tolko to curtail BC lumber mill indefinitely

    Tolko Industries announced that, due to continued high log costs and poor North American market conditions [...]