20.08.2020 − The Austrian Binderholz Group has submitted an offer of US$ 30 million plus liabilities through Timber One Acquisition Holdings for the assets of the Klausner Lumber One sawmill.» more

20.08.2020 − At an average of US$ 746/1,000 bdft ex mill, the price for the leading Western SPF KD R/L 2x4 #2&Btr. on the US market at the end of last week reached its highest level since price surveys began.» more

18.08.2020 − Following the 21.4% decline in timber harvesting in Finland during the first quarter, volumes of timber harvested in the second quarter also fell short of the preceding year’s figure, by 15.8%.» more

18.08.2020 − After a minus of 11 % in the first quarter of 2020, Latvian softwood lumber exports declined even more sharply in the second quarter, falling by 16 % to 739,900 m³.» more

17.08.2020 − Roundwood trading and forestry company Claus Rodenberg Waldkontor plans to send further break bulk shipments of spruce roundwood to China in the coming months.» more

15.08.2020 − In the second quarter at SEK143m, the EBIDTA in the wood business division of Swedish Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) was again below the preceding year’s result. » more

14.08.2020 − Over the course of the second quarter Swedish Sveaskog, at 2.7m m³, was able to sell approximately 2 % more roundwood. » more

13.08.2020 − In the second quarter, Metsä Group gave the green light for construction of the new sawmill in Rauma. » more

13.08.2020 − Following the 17% increase in softwood lumber exports achieved in the first quarter, in April and May Swedish exports also continued to surpass the respective comparative figure of 2019. » more

12.08.2020 − At a total of 68.21m m³, the volume of roundwood felled in Germany’s forests in 2019 was 6.0 % higher than a year earlier. » more

11.08.2020 − As in previous months, numerous Baltic sawmills were unable to expand their production capacities in July, due to a continued shortage of roundwood. » more

10.08.2020 − The NAFTA arbitration panel now shares the view of the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) at the DOC that Canadian deliveries of sawnwood to the USA harm the sawmilling industry.» more

10.08.2020 − In mid-July, the average price for Western SPF KD R/L 2x4 #2&Btr. on the US softwood lumber market already surpassed the mark of US$500/1,000bdft ex mill for the first time since July 2018.» more

07.08.2020 − Belarusian export companies are increasingly taking advantage of the possibilities provided by the Chinese one belt, one road initiative (new silk road) regarding transportation of lumber to China. » more

07.08.2020 − In the second quarter operating profit of the wood business division of Södra plummeted by 47%, or SEK55m, to SEK62m. » more

04.08.2020 − Spruce roundwood prices fell sharply in China in June.» more

03.08.2020 − German exports of planed products to non-European countries in the first quarter were 42 % higher than in the same quarter of last year at 557,244 m³, increasing their share of the total exports to 76 %. » more

31.07.2020 − In the second quarter the wood products business division of Stora Enso sold approximately 1.174m m³ lumber and further processed wood products. » more

30.07.2020 − Russia’s output of sawnwood in June was 1.7 % lower than a year earlier at around 2.5m m³. » more

29.07.2020 − Holmen wants to acquire all the shares in Martinsons Group in northern Sweden for 1bn SEK. » more

27.07.2020 − Segezha Group of Segezha is planning to invest a total of approximately 5bn RUB (roughly equivalent to 66m €) in the northern Russian sawmilling facility Onega LDK. » more

27.07.2020 − Germany’s opportunities for supplying woodchips to its European neighbours fell sharply during the course of the second quarter.» more

24.07.2020 − Kurt Schuhmacher whose activities in the wood sector are currently geared to assembly and conversion projects at wood-based panel manufacturers, wants to expand its operations into the sawmilling industry.» more

23.07.2020 − Spanish softwood lumber imports, valued at €40.0m, decreased by 2% in the first quarter of 2020 to 239,596m³.» more

21.07.2020 − The output of rough-sawn softwood in Germany in the first quarter was 6.4 % higher than a year earlier at 4.783m m³.» more

20.07.2020 − In the last few months, the volume larch sawnwood made in Siberia sold in central Europe has been noticeably higher than last year. » more

15.07.2020 − British imports of sawn softwood in the first quarter were 23.8 % lower than a year earlier at 1.346m m³.» more

13.07.2020 − The northern Russian ULK group recently concluded a contract with Jartek Invest for supplying sawnwood sorting equipment for the industrial-scale sawmill planned for Karpogory. » more

09.07.2020 − Koskisen wants to build a new sawmill at its company headquarters in Järvelä. » more

02.07.2020 − In the first quarter Russian exports of softwood lumber to China decreased by 13% vis à vis the preceding year to 3.679m m³. » more