Sweden leads opposition to EU Forest Strategy
The new 2030 Forest Strategy is triggering diplomatic clashes in the EU over who should be responsible for forest policy [...]
October 11, 2021
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Q3/2021 trends in the global forest industry
Softwood sawlog prices have gone up in worldwide in the past year. By far, the most [...]
September 28, 2021
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Drax to start construction on second satellite wood pellet plant
Drax Group has started construction on the second of three satellite wood pellet plants in Arkansas. [...]
September 23, 2021
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Global shipping bottlenecks set to prolong supply chain turmoil
Tenfold jump in costs since start of pandemic squeezes importers and exporters The closure of a [...]
September 14, 2021
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Europe’s largest wood pellet producer acquired by US investment fund
Apollo Global Management, Inc. announced that funds managed by its affiliates have agreed to acquire a majority stake in AS [...]
August 26, 2021
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EU Commission presents its climate package, European forest industry reacts
The European Commission presented the Fit for 55 plan on Wednesday, July 14. 13 legislative proposals are intended to help [...]
July 20, 2021
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Brussels aims to tighten rules on burning wood pellets
Brussels wants to tighten rules to prevent some forms of wood-burning energy from counting towards [...]
June 22, 2021
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Strong lumber markets in N. America and Europe push up sawlog prices in Q1/2021
The strong lumber markets in North America and Europe resulted in higher sawlog prices in most parts of the world [...]
June 16, 2021
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Drax builds three new pellet plants in Arkansas
Drax Group will begin constructing the first of three new ‘satellite’ pellet plants in Arkansas. [...]
May 12, 2021
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Global trade of wood chips drops sharply in 2020
Global trade of wood chips, which are mainly used by pulpmills, grew from about 21 million tons in 2009 to [...]
May 12, 2021
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