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Several county leaders grill Oregon forestry officials after sawmill closures
24, Mar 2024Three sawmills have closed in Oregon within less than two months, prompting several counties’ leaders to grill state forestry officials about a plan that would limit logging in western Oregon forests...
Read MoreThe importation of logs and lumber by China over the past two years fell dramatically, reaching 12-year lows in 2023 due to the weak economy
28, Feb 2024China’s economy has continued to disappoint the past year, with the GDP rising only 5% year-over-year in 2023. This would be a respectable growth in most countries, but it was well below...
Read MoreMass timber reduces construction’s carbon footprint, but introduces new risk scenarios
26, Feb 2024Mass timber has the potential to be a critical building component for the cities of the near future given the need for the construction sector to reduce its reliance on concret...
Read MoreRussian lumber export prices have fallen substantially in the past year
17, Jan 2024Russia was the world’s largest exporter of softwood lumber in 2020 and 2021. In 2022, shipments fell dramatically, resulting from Russia’s invasion...
Read MoreThe global pulpwood market has seen substantial changes in 2023, with costs for hardwood fiber surpassing softwood
16, Jan 2024The global wood fiber market has changed substantially over the past three years. Interestingly, despite a worldwide decline in hardwood pulp prices in 2023, the supply...
Read MoreEuropean sawlog prices plunged 12% q-o-q in the 3Q/23 with the largest declines in Central Europe
15, Jan 2024The sawlog market in Europe has gone through a turbulent period over the past three years, with wood demand falling, log flows shifting, and sawlog prices going through unprecedented swings...
Read MoreThe Global Forest Industry this Quarter
09, Jan 2024Europe’s sawlog market has been turbulent over the past three years, with wood demand falling, log flows shifting, and sawlog...
Read MoreThe global pulpwood market has seen substantial changes in 2023, with costs for hardwood fiber surpassing softwood
08, Jan 2024The global wood fiber market has changed substantially over the past three years. Interestingly, despite a worldwide decline in hardwood pulp prices in 2023...
Read MoreWhat Chinas idle housing market means for B.C. lumber
04, Jan 2024Depending on whether or not you include pulp and paper, China was, until recently, the second biggest market for B.C. wood products...
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