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  • Market Prices
  • January 30, 2012 10:46

Germany: Producer Prices Ease in December

Nearly all producer prices for wood products in Germany showed a significant price increase compared to the same month last year. One exception are finger-jointed sqares and beams, which are slightly in the red. However, compared to the November figures, prices for all products eased - except for energy wood products and MDF panels. Spruce and Fir lumber fell by 1.3 points, thus continuing the trend of recent months. KVH even lost 3.5 points, equivalent to a price decline of 2.6%.... [more...]

  • Market Prices
  • January 30, 2012 09:32

U.S. softwood and panel markets - week 4, 2012

Framing lumber sales were unremarkable and prices finished the week close to where they started it...... [more...]

  • Market Prices
  • January 30, 2012 09:18

WRI: Sawlog and Pulpwood Market Update – Asia & Oceania

Log exports from New Zealand picked up in September after a few months of slower activity...... [more...]

  • Market Prices
  • January 27, 2012 13:55

Norbord: European business surprisingly well

Norbord Inc. today reported EBITDA of $45 million in 2011 compared to $107 million in 2010 on 15% lower North American OSB prices. Norbord recorded earnings of negative $11 million for the full year...... [more...]

  • Special Reports
  • January 27, 2012 12:31

German Sawmills To Cut 15% More By 2015

Half of the German sawmills expect a deterioration of the log supply and rising log prices (on average by 12 percent) up to 2015. This is one of the results of a new survey of the consultancy Schwaerzer & Partner from Munich presented at the 2012 sawmill congress of the association of the German sawmill and wood industry, VDS. At the same time, 46 percent of the respondents indicate that they intend to increase their production volume by an average of 15 percent.... [more...]

  • Market Prices
  • January 26, 2012 20:54

China: Prices of main wood commodities in November 2011

This report contains prices of logs, wooden beams, veneer, plywood, solid wood flooring and other items from timber markets in several Chinese regions: Jiashan Kaihua, Shanghai Furen, Beijing Dongba...... [more...]

  • Sawmilling
  • January 26, 2012 09:17

Poor results for Moelven in 2011

The total operating profit for Moelven in 2011 ended at NOK 13 million. Difficult market conditions internationally and losses on some individual projects were the main causes of the poor operating profit.... [more...]

  • Market Prices
  • January 24, 2012 21:09

WRI: Global Timber and Wood Products Market Update

Wood chip exports from Latin America reached a record high in 2011, with pulp mills in Japan and Europe being the major export destinations, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly...... [more...]

  • Panels
  • January 24, 2012 13:23

Södra acquires parquet flooring manufacturer

Berg & Berg employs some 90 staff and produces more than 500,000 square metres of high-quality parquet flooring every year. Södra Interiör will take possession of the company on 1 February 2012. ... [more...]

  • Forestry
  • January 24, 2012 10:13

Canada and US extended SLA

The British Columbia Lumber Trade Council (BCLTC) welcomed today's announcement that Canada and the United States have agreed on a two year extension to the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA).... [more...]

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