COVID-19 pandemic is impacting raw material availability for wood pellet producers
A pellet producer survey shows that the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting raw material availability. Most [...]
May 28, 2020
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Arauco’s sales down 18.8% in Q1/2020
Arauco, one of the largest global forest companies, reported sales revenues of USD 1,127.2 [...]
May 28, 2020
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Sharp drop in China’s tropical log imports
Tropical log imports in the first two months of 2020 amounted 1.30 million cubic metres, down 26% year on [...]
May 19, 2020
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The worst time in Argentina’s timber industry in the last 50 years
Argentina's timber industry sees worst conditions in 50 years, as loggers' sales plummet more than [...]
May 19, 2020
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Germany becomes the second supplier of logs to China
China’s log imports in the first two months of 2020 totalled 7.73 million cubic metres valued at US [...]
May 12, 2020
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Forestry companies in China increase overseas timber purchases in order to secure domestic supply
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout the world, production in major wood-producing countries has stalled, the patterns [...]
May 4, 2020
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Arauco to close another MDF plant in US
Composite panel and forest product giant Arauco will close its medium density fiberboard (MDF) production facility in Bennettsville, South Carolina [...]
May 4, 2020
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Shortage of imported timber throws Chinese wood industry into panic
The demand for imported wood in China's wood products industry has gradually recovered. However, on the one hand, overseas [...]
April 23, 2020
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Survey – Impact of coronavirus pandemic on the Brazilian timber sector
The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the measures adopted to try and slow its spread are having a [...]
April 22, 2020
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Coronavirus: Skyrocketing timber prices in China as global supply falls sharply
In the recent period, coronavirus pandemic has reduced logging in many countries, overseas container costs and sea freight prices have [...]
April 20, 2020
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