Production cost margins for sawmills in Brazil, Russia and Finland have fallen during the first half of 2017, while they increased to their second highest level in 13 years in the US South in the 2Q/17, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly Resource Quarterly The sawmill margins to cover non-wood costs and profits have been[…]
Weyerhaeuser Company has announced the completion of the sale of its timberlands and manufacturing business in Uruguay to a consortium led by BTG Pactual’s Timberland Investment Group for US$402.5 million in cash. The transaction includes over 120,000 hectares of timberlands in north-eastern and north central Uruguay, as well as a plywood and veneer manufacturing facility,[…]
NZ based Forest Enterprises, the Masterton-based forest investment and management company, has appointed a Gisborne-based regional manager to boost the management of its 10,000-plus hectare forest estate in the Gisborne region. Dan Fraser of Gisborne took up the new role in August. “Dan’s professional forestry expertise supports our focus on harvesting in Gisborne,” says the[…]