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Sawlog prices fell on all continents except North America in..

Sawlog prices fell on all continents except North America in the 2Q of 2018, resulting in the first decline of the GSPI sawlog price index since early 2016, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Lower sawlog prices in Russia, Brazil and Eastern Europe in the 2Q/18 contributed in a ...

November 17, 2018

Canada will continue to be a major supplier of softwood lumb..

The softwood sawmilling sector in Eastern Canada will play an increasingly important role as a key supplier to the growing US lumber market in the future, according to a new study. The increasing lumber consumption in the US will also likely result in increased investments in pro ...

November 16, 2018

Vancouver Invitation on Forest Products for a Better Future

Government officials and representatives from the wood products and construction sectors and civil society have supported the "Vancouver Invitation on Forest Products for a Better Future". The Vancouver Invitation is a statement of intent that aims to create a larger co ...

November 15, 2018

The British government wants to minimise the costs to the ti..

The British government wants to minimise the costs to the timber industry of Brexit, which is planned for March 2019. This was stated by Environment Secretary David Rutley in his speech to Parliament on Wednesday in response to demands by Martin Whitfield, Chairman of the All Par ...

November 6, 2018

The Wood Stove Design Challenge

The Wood Stove Design Challenge, an international competition to showcase innovative and clean-burning wood stoves, will begin on Nov. 9 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The goal is to demonstrate how improved designs including sensors and computer controls can make wood ...

November 4, 2018

Italian prime minister have met Italian manufacturers of woo..

Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte have met Italian manufacturers of wood machinery at Lesdrevmash trade fair in Russia. "Definitely a period of great excitement and satisfaction: in the long history of our industry, this is the first time a Prime Minister has visited us at an ...

November 3, 2018

3D printable wood filament from furniture wood-waste

Scientists at the Michigan Technology University, Houghton have successfully made 3D printable wood filament from furniture wood-waste. The success was published in a research paper co-authored by the open-source champion Joshua Pearce. The paper explored the possibility of upcyc ...

November 2, 2018

USA: Hurricane Michael damage will drive lumber prices highe..

Estimates are that the storm damaged about 80 percent of the timber in the southern parts of these three states. Pole timber trees worth about USD 60 per ton before the storm are now worth under USD 3 per ton as pulp logs. Landowners do not carry insurance for these loses. "South ...

October 31, 2018

Wood fiber costs for the world`s pulp industry fell for the ..

In the 2Q of 18, both of WRI`s global fiber price indices fell for the first time in five quarters, mainly because of the strengthening of the US dollar against currencies in all countries covered by the Wood Resource Quarterly. The 2Q of 18 Global Softwood Fiber Price Index (SFP ...

October 31, 2018

Oregon`s tall wood building industry moves forward despite s..

In a small rural town, a quiet plywood factory houses a groundbreaking innovation in construction. Here in the timber town of Lyons, population 1,204, 96-year-old veneer manufacturer Freres Lumber runs the first mass-plywood operation in the world. At the heart of the $35 million ...

October 30, 2018