West Fraser announces output reductions
Due to wildfires in British Columbia, slowing orders for forest products, constraints on the availability of resins used in the [...]
September 14, 2021
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European sawmills benefitted from higher lumber prices in US
Facing unprecedented lumber prices at home, US importers have massively purchased lumber from Europe in the [...]
August 26, 2021
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French sawmill industry want to curb massive log exports to China
China is buying more and more French timber. The French National Timber Federation wants to curb these exports to protect [...]
August 17, 2021
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Log demand in China expected to drop as Taicang sawmills are forced to relocate
Softwood log inventory in China has risen to about 5.5m m3 and daily port off-take has dropped to [...]
July 29, 2021
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European sawmills to play an increasingly important role on the global export market
Softwood lumber has been in high demand in the US and Europe throughout 2021. The limited supply resulted in temporary [...]
July 22, 2021
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Moelven upgrades two sawmills in Sweden
Moelven will modernise and develop capacity at Moelven Edanesågen AB and Moelven Valåsen AB in Sweden [...]
July 15, 2021
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U.S. lumber prices expected to fall further as sawmills ramp-up production
The price of U.S. lumber will fall further in the coming months as sawmills increase production, though demand is [...]
June 29, 2021
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Central Europe: Sawmills struggling to get logs; historical price increases
Within the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) softwood lumber prices in June are still on the rise due to [...]
June 23, 2021
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Finland’s sawmills benefit from lumber boom
The outlook for the Finnish forest industry is quite positive, Danske Bank's economic information estimated [...]
June 22, 2021
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Sawmill orders shrinking a sign that lumber prices might fall soon
As May rolled into June and following the dual long weekends of Victoria Day in Canada and Memorial Day in [...]
June 15, 2021
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