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• Sawmilling May 24, 2012 13:36

  
  

  RusForest planning to increase dried lumber production

  In order to make sawmilling operations more efficient and improve pricing for end products by improving the product mix, RusForest is planning to invest in new drying chambers and other production equipment. Investments are still underway in... [more...]

• Panels May 23, 2012 15:23

  
  

  Weyerhaeuser offers rebate up to 3 US$ per OSB panel

  Weyerhaeuser announced a cash back program for qualifying purchases of its OSB products this summer. The company is offering $3.00 cash back per panel of 7/8″ or thicker and... [more...]

• Forestry May 23, 2012 13:41

  
  

  Ghana sets replanting target of 30,000 hectares p.a.

  Ghana has set a replanting target of 30,000 hectares of destroyed forests every year, the CEO of the Forestry Commission, Mr Samuel Afari Dartey, has announced at the opening ceremony of the International Tropical Timber Organizations' (ITTO) timber tracking project meeting at Fumesua near Kumasi. [more...]

• Wood energy May 23, 2012 12:57

  
  

  Declining prices of sawmill residues in France

  Since the end of the summer break in September 2011, there has been a marked downward trend in sawmill waste product prices in France. At the end of April 2012, Raymond Bertin, member of Connexes de Franche-Comté confirmed that the decline of this market was... [more...]

• Wood energy May 23, 2012 10:46

  
  

  Rottneros stops groundwood pulp production

  Due to the rapidly declining consumption of printing paper in Europe, which has led to a dramatic reduction in demand for groundwood pulp, Rottneros has decided to immediately commence negotiations regarding the termination of continuous groundwood pulp production at Rottneros Mill. [more...]

• Market Prices May 23, 2012 08:23

  
  

  The Global Wood Market in Q1

  Prices for conifer sawlogs fell in virtually all 21 regions worldwide covered by the Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). Lower demand for lumber in many markets in Europe and reduced log imports to China were two major factors that pushed log prices downward. Still the Middle East/North African region has had a growing appetite for lumber for its construction sector. Lumber prices in the US and Canada have gone up most of this year, reaching... [more...]

• Wood energy May 22, 2012 17:21

  
  

  S. Korean companies planning biomass power plants in Fiji

  Two South Korean renewable energy companies are pursuing the option of investing in biomass power plants in Papua New Guinea and Fiji... [more...]

• Sawmilling May 22, 2012 17:05

  
  

  Laesti starts second sawmill in Estonia

  Norvik Timber Industries' Estonian subsidiary Laesti started its second sawmill in Sauga on the 26th of April. The opening ceremony was attended by about 150 people. The sawmill will increase Laesti's annual production to... [more...]

• Panels May 22, 2012 08:34

  
  

  U.S.: building permits up 25,7%

  The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for April 2012: [more...]

• Market Prices May 22, 2012 08:17

  
  

  U.S. softwood and panel markets - week 20, 2012

  Framing lumber trading quieted at the mill level, as buyers were cautious about placing orders for shipments beyond the first week of June... [more...]