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Forest leases become a new risk for Russian sawmills

Russian timber companies are calling for changes to new forest-management rules that…

Softwood lumber prices support French sawmills as hardwood demand stays weak

France entered the second half of 2026 with an increasingly divided sawmill…

GWMI Forecast: Swedish sawmills face a difficult winter despite falling log prices

Sweden’s sawmill sector is likely to spend the remainder of 2026 reducing…

Norra Skog absorbs losses to keep wood prices paid to forest owners unchanged

Swedish forest owners’ association Norra Skog recorded a loss during the first…

The sawmill shutdown list spreading across North America

North America entered September with a growing list of sawmill closures and…

Internationaler Holztag 2026: Austria’s sawmills look to Italy as the domestic construction slump drags on

From Klagenfurt: Global Wood Markets Info (GWMI) attended Internationaler Holztag 2026, where…

German sawmill industry: What to expect for the remainder of 2026?

Germany’s softwood sawmill industry is heading into the final four months of…

GWMI Market Pulse August: Europe’s sawmills enter the waiting game

Global Wood Markets Info reviewed recent discussions with sawmill operators, lumber traders,…

German sawmills want cheaper logs, but the market says otherwise

German sawlog prices are holding at unexpectedly high levels in August despite…

Log prices level off, but German sawmills remain under pressure

The first half of 2026 has done little to solve the problem…