July was defined by a clear shift in sentiment across the global timber industry. As the second half of 2026 began, the market faced a combination of persistently high log prices, soft lumber demand, squeezed sawmill margins and growing uncertainty over trade flows. At the same time, strategic acquisitions, capacity adjustments and changing investment priorities signalled that producers are increasingly focused on protecting profitability rather than pursuing volume growth. The month's most-read stories reflected these themes. Readers closely followed the expansion of Austrian timber companies into Scandinavia, exclusive GWMI interviews with industry leaders from Norway, Finland and ...