In response to the expanding bark beetle calamity in Central Europe as well as in Sweden, Bergs Timber has announced that it will cut its lumber production. Despite the high demand, the large oversupply leads to price pressure, especially for low-grade spruce assortments. In the fall and winter, Bergs Timber will…
U.S. sawmills produced 20.687 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first seven months of 2019, edging down 0.1% from 20.705 bbf a year earlier, the Western Wood Products Assn. reported in its latest Lumber Track report. Western U.S. sawmills accounted for 8.416 bbf of the seven-month total,…
“FORESTER’S DAY” is an annual, traditional event, which the Romanian Forestry Association celebrates every fall, since 2012. It is a homage paid to the Romanian foresters and to all of those who activate in the wood business (about 5.000 companies and cca. 45.000 employees who work in the field of…
Russia could ban timber exports to China unless Beijing takes action to help mitigate the effects of illegal logging, a Russian government minister said in an interview published Thursday. Russian authorities this month attributed some of the vast wildfires that have engulfed portions of Siberia in recent weeks to arsonists…
John Deere recently completed the construction of a 7,500 square foot facility in Coal Valley, Ill., to better meet internal training demands, along with supporting customer visits and events. The building is part of the Construction and Forestry (C&F) Training Campus and includes three classrooms that can be used separately…
ANDRITZ has received an order from Russia’s Ilim Group to supply a new recovery boiler to its Ust-Ilimsk mill in Russia. The ANDRITZ HERB recovery boiler will have a black liquor combustion capacity of 1,950 tds/d, with start-up planned in the second half of 2021. The order is part of…
The global flow of softwood logs from countries with a surplus of wood raw-material to regions with tight, or costly log supply and higher consumption of forest products continued to expand for the third consecutive year. In 2018, WRI estimates show that the total trade of softwood logs in 2018…
Metsä Fibre will start the preparatory work as a part of the pre-engineering at the Kemi mill area during July 2019. Preparatory work means the cleaning and organisation of land areas and the demolition of buildings. In addition, the electricity, IT and piping connections of the operational pulp and board…
Heads of Housebuilding Division of Segezha Group (affiliated to Sistema JSFC) and Sokol Timber Company JSC, Russian leader of housebuilding, visited mills of the leading European manufacturers of equipment for the production of glued beams, bars and CLT-panels in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.The company is negotiating the purchase of equipment…
The European Forest Institute (EFI) and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) plan to join forces on research including the role of sustainable forest management in achieving the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals and to better connect science to policy action. The two organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Barcelona, establishing…
