by Working Forest | Apr 7, 2020 | Archives
Lesprom Network — Softwood lumber price in China decreased 13.5% to $161 per cubic meter in January-February 2020, according to China Customs data. In the first two months of 2020, Chinese imports of softwood lumber was 7.9% down y-o-y to 3.33 million m3. The...
by Working Forest | Apr 7, 2020 | Archives
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Environment Minister Ricardo Salles has dismissed a government analyst who opposed relaxing environmental review of wood exports, an official notice said on Monday after thousands of shipments from the Amazon bypassed required...
by Working Forest | Apr 7, 2020 | Archives
TTJ Online — Several key Nordic softwood sawmillers have implemented production cutbacks in response to reduced UK demand for sawn timber. Bergs Timber and Södra were two large Nordic sawmillers to make announcements after UK and European government restrictions...
by Working Forest | Apr 7, 2020 | Archives
NEW YORK, NY, April 3, 2020 – Mercer International Inc. has reported that its joint venture Cariboo pulp mill will be taking approximately four weeks of downtime starting on or about April 20, 2020, resulting in an approximate reduction of NBSK production of 30,000...
by Working Forest | Apr 6, 2020 | Archives
“We are looking for production employees and maintenance employees,” says human resources vice-president Eric Larouche.In an interview with The Working Forest, Laroche says operations like EACOM’s are considered essential, because bi-products like wood chips and...
