Moody’s 2020 forecast for the global wood products market
-For the wood products and timberland sub sector, Moody’s says operating earnings will [...]
January 8, 2020
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Austrian wood industry hit hard by climate change
Record snowfall, extreme drought and the hottest June in the history: weather extremes once again shaped the forest year 2019 [...]
January 6, 2020
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$1-billion takeover bid of Canfor fails
Lumber giant Canfor has terminated an arrangement agreement between the company and Jim Pattison’s Great Pacific Capital Corporation. [...]
January 6, 2020
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Sawlog prices falling in most major markets around the world
A plentiful supply of logs coupled with declining demand moved sawlog prices downward in most major markets around the world [...]
December 19, 2019
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Global timber trade flows rapidly changing due to bark beetle infestation and storm damaged timber in Europe
Up to the end of October, European log exports to China imports were a whopping 5.6 million [...]
December 18, 2019
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Moody’s to change Ilim Timber’s outlook to negative; forecasts cyclical downturn in the global timber industry
Moody's Investors Service has changed Ilim Timber's outlook to negative from positive. At the same time, Moody's [...]
December 17, 2019
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Falling spruce sawlog prices in Estonia, as bark beetle infestation puts prices under pressure
The year 2019 is marked by falling roundwood prices in large parts of Central, Northern and [...]
December 11, 2019
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Falling prices for sawlogs in Finland
Prices for sawlogs in Finland continued the downward trend in October 2019. The average price for pine sawlogs was EUR [...]
December 10, 2019
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Interfor reports 3Q results
Interfor Corporation recorded a net loss in Q3’19 of $35.6 million, or $0.53 per share, compared to [...]
November 27, 2019
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Some Canfor’s shareholders might oppose acquisition by Great Pacific
One of Canfor Corporation’s shareholders says it will oppose the pending acquisition of the remaining [...]
November 27, 2019
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