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Holmen and SCA plan to build large sawmill in northern Sweden

Holmen and SCA have decided to initiate a pre-study to evaluate the…

Vietnam’s wood trade under pressure due to logging, Ukraine war

Reputational risks are piling up for a Vietnamese lumber industry already beset…

China: Softwood log demand and prices low; spruce imports from Europe down sharply

China softwood log inventory remains below the 4m m3 despite China having the…

Price of birch wood rising sharply in Finland

The halt in Russian imports has pushed up the price of birch…

Wood prices expected to continue to rise in Latvia

Currently, there is a shortage of wood and especially pellets in Europe. And…

Softwood log prices continue fall in Germany

The German producer price indices for spruce partially stopped their upward trend…

North American sawmills to cut production in bid to lift lumber prices

A string of sawmill curtailments has buoyed lumber prices amid a flood…

Russian plywood mills continue to reduce capacity utilization

Exports of plywood from Russia without the ability to ship to Europe…

Ireland: Falling timber prices in Q3/2022

Economic uncertainty due to the war in Ukraine and a decline in…

Finland: Fall in log prices in September

Timber trade in Finland continued brisk in September, with the total volume…