Italy: New tensions on wood prices

Wood prices in Europe are rising again, and signs of a tightening…

High timber prices and weak sawn timber markets push Södra into loss

Södra reported a loss for 2025 as weaker pulp and sawn timber…

Metsä Group’s results plunged sharply – falling wood prices bring hope for this year

The year 2025 was exceptionally difficult for Metsä Group. This year is…

Södra trims log prices from February as supply pressure persists

Södra has lowered prices for logs and other forest raw materials across…

Norway logs another record year as timber prices crest and begin to ease

Norway recorded another record year for logging in 2025, marking the second…

Rising policy costs add to price pressure in Swedish forest products market

Sweden’s forest products sector is heading into 2026 under sustained price and…

Global wood markets seen entering a calmer trading phase in 2026

2026 will be characterised less by global cycles and more by regional…

Pricing discipline defines German wood market at the end of 2025

The German wood industry closed 2025 with producers largely succeeding in pushing…

UPM’s CEO: Finnish wood remains far too expensive as cost pressures hit mill operations

UPM CEO Massimo Reynaudo says Finland’s wood prices remain significantly too high…

Wood prices surge in Poland

Poland’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) reports that the average price of wood…