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Global trade of wood chips has seen spectacular development the past 15 years with a steady increase of about four percent annually (volumes year-over-year were up 11 of the past 14 years), according to the Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). In 2016, an estimated 35.6 million tons were shipped, predominantly to pulp mills in China and[…]

While BC forestry companies face a long-term decline in the annual allowable cut in the Interior, thanks to the mountain pine beetle infestation, BC companies on the coast have been exporting raw logs, mostly to China, in record volumes in recent years.   According to a recent Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) report, one[…]

Hampton Lumber today announced a multiyear partnership with the Portland Timbers to serve as the team’s Official Wood Products Sponsor. The sponsorship is effective from the beginning of the 2017 MLS season and extends through the 2019 season. Hampton Lumber is a third-generation, family-owned wood products company, headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Hampton operates four sawmills in[…]

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report prompts call for ban on log exports from old growth forests One of the planks in NDP Leader John Horgan’s election platform is made from raw logs (he wants their export “curtailed”), and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is helping him hammer it down trports Business Vancouver. Horgan[…]

NZ roundwood log prices jump to a record on demand from construction, horticulture industries – Strong domestic building activity combined with buoyant horticulture and viticulture industries has pushed up the price of roundwood logs to a record reports Wood Week. The average price for roundwood logs rose to $90 a tonne in February, up $5[…]

USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) Scientist Michael Ulyshen is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Ulyshen is the only U.S. Forest Service scientist and one of three U.S. Department of Agriculture employees to receive this honor. The PECASE is the highest award for federal scientists and[…]

EACOM has completed the installation of a new lumber grading system in the Elk Lake planermill in Canada. The equipment was manufactured by Autolog, Inc, a Quebec company and features the latest technology in lumber grading. With this recent project, the replacement of the two sawing lines and edger, as well as the reconfiguration of[…]

Chinese wood products production and demand increased in 2016, fuelling log and lumber import gains from Russia, but also from the USA, New Zealand (logs), Australia (logs), Canada (logs) and Europe (lumber). Final year-end statistics for 2016 show that China’s imports of logs and lumber have rebounded strongly from the slowdown in 2015. Softwood lumber[…]

The German truck manufacturer MAN sees Europe’s forestry sector as an increasingly important market. That’s why the company is exhibiting at the world-leading forestry fair Elmia Wood 2017 in the new Load & Transport area, which brings together everything to do with logistics en route from the forest to the industrial consumers. “Our focus is[…]

The 880D supersedes the highly successful Tigercat 880 — a heavy duty, purpose-built forestry carrier that can be configured for loading, shovel logging or processing… The 880 stands out against converted excavators with higher horsepower, more robust construction and superior productivity. The first Tigercat 880D logger was a part of Tigercat’s live demonstration at DEMO[…]