Coronavirus: Canfor to cut Canadian lumber production by 40%
Canfor, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based timber and forest products company, is being forced to cut back on its operations [...]
April 3, 2020
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Indonesia to end SVLK
Indonesia’s trade ministry has scrapped a requirement for wood exporters to obtain licenses verifying their wood comes from legal [...]
April 3, 2020
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Global forest products markets likely to recover after sharp decline in mid-2020
The economic impact of what is essentially a global shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic is already being felt. But [...]
April 2, 2020
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N. American wood industry giants announce more production curtailments
Wood business companies in North America are responding to the threats of the coronavirus pandemic. Here is a tracking of [...]
April 2, 2020
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Moody’s: Coronavirus crisis to pressure demand and drive prices lower in the global forest industry
Moody‘s outlook for the global paper and forest products industry remains negative. This reflects Moody’s expectation that the [...]
April 2, 2020
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India’s wood industry ceases activity due to strict lockdown measures
India has taken drastic measures against the spread of the coronavirus entering a strict lockdown. The [...]
April 2, 2020
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Vietnam: Exports of wood products expected to fall sharply as main markets are under lockdown
Vietnam will see significant decline in exports of timber and wooden products in the next three months due to COVID [...]
April 2, 2020
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Top North American lumber producers in 2019
Canadian and U.S. lumber producers faced a tough lumber market that saw more mill curtailments and closures than acquisitions [...]
March 31, 2020
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Russian timber industry under pressure due to mild winter
Due to the abnormally warm winter in Russia, a shortage of wood raw materials has formed. Logging equipment sometimes could [...]
March 31, 2020
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China’s new forest law to fight illegal logging
In the first revision to the country’s Forest Law in over twenty years [...]
March 31, 2020
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