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North American lumber prices remain near recent lows as new home construction sinks

Lumber prices remained near recent lows as construction on new homes fell…

Plywood plants of Russian Sveza work at 20-40% of capacity

Aleksey Mordashov, head of the board of directors of Severstal, which also…

Wood supply shortage expected to hit European markets in the coming months

European parquet markets have diverged in 2022. While Italy, Scandinavia and Spain…

Fuel prices forcing shutdowns, threaten entire US timber supply chain

Skyrocketing, record-breaking diesel fuel prices are forcing some logging and trucking operations…

European sawn hardwood production at highest level since 2008

Production of sawn hardwood in Europe was significantly impacted by the coronavirus…

UK boosts imports of lower-priced Latvian hardwoods

UK hardwood import volumes shot up by 30% in Q1 2022 as…

Russian timber industry is looking for ways to export through Belarus and Turkey

Russian lumber companies, forced to halt exports to the EU due to…

Significant progress in the European parquet market; outlook uncertain

The European parquet market progressed significantly in 2021 and reached level not…

German woodworking machinery industry with record level of demand

The gap between global demand and the production of woodworking machinery is…

Top global softwood lumber producers

In 2021, the 25 biggest softwood sawmills in the world produced more…