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Wood-pellet market booms amid Ukraine war

Source Article EXCERPT The wood-pellet market is on fire. War has cut…

B.C.’s big 3 lumber giants still making good profits

Source Article EXCERPT B.C.’s big three forestry giants had lumber and other…

Slower mid-summer activity brings flat lumber prices in N. America

Source Article EXCERPT As July waned, North American lumber prices remained flat…

West Fraser Timber to cut production capacity at three mills in Canada

Source Article EXCERPT West Fraser Timber is permanently curtailing approximately 170 million board…

Roundwood production in EU could decrease sharply due to biodiversity strategy

Source Article EXCERPT If less wood is harvested in European forests to…

Hungary eases logging rules to prepare for energy shortages

Source Article EXCERPT Hungary waived environmental regulations protecting native forests from logging…

Rumours that Russian birch plywood enters the European market through China

Source Article EXCERPT Several birch plywood importers from the UK have reported…

Homag’s order intake exceeds EUR 1 billion in H1/2022

Source Article EXCERPT In the first six months of 2022 (6M-2022), the…

Finland reduced the export of timber products by 7%

Source Article EXCERPT in January-May 2022, wood imports in Finland amounted to…

Roundwood production in EU could decrease sharply due to biodiversity strategy

If less wood is harvested in European forests to protect biodiversity, this…