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Issue date: 
June 28th, 2011

New Zealand Log Prices - June 2011

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June 30, 2011

The demand for the Egyptian market is back

In the last quarter, the price decline that began in the firs

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June 24th, 2011

Status of proposed Russian log export tax reduction

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June 24th, 2011

North America supply a risk to NZ

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15 June 2011

Russian Federation expects further co-op with China

The Sakha Republic had signed several documents on cooperation with China focusing mainly on timber extraction and processing but the two sides were also discussing joint oil and gas exploration projects according to China Daily last week.
Yegor Borisov said the focus of these documents was mainly on "China is eyeing construction of a sea transport corridor via the Sakha Republic and the Arctic Ocean, while Russian republics which wanted to establish links with Europe are also interested in the project," Borisov said.

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15 June 2011

A new Swedish woodworking company will open in the Angara Area

The first Swedish woodworking company in the East Siberia OOO "Rusforest-Magistralny" will be launched by RusForest group of companies in the first half of June in Magistralny village of Kazachinsko-Lensky District of Irkutsk Region. The rated output of the plant is projected at 150 tsnd cu m of sawn wood products per year. The main marketing area of the plant will be the European countries, primarily Germany and Austria, the countries of Middle East, as well as Japan, South Korea, China. Also there is a possibility to supply the products in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg.

Issue date: 
June 17th, 2011

Updates from Miramichi

The Miramichi region of New Brunswick was hit hard when the forestry sector collapsed. For a time last year, there wasn’t a single mill left operating on the Miramichi.

Here is the current state of the Miramichi mills:

UPM-Kymmene mill

Issue date: 
Jun 8, 2011

Timber Sales Show Signs of Recovery in May

Finland, Jun 8, 2011 - The forest industry purchased 2 million cubic metres of timber from private forests in May. The volume more than doubled from April.

All timber grades are in demand, but there's a particular need for more sawlogs, which are needed to keep sawmills up and running.

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June 1, 2011

Softwood lumber demand jumps 18% last year

Global demand for softwood lumber increased by about 18 percent in 2010. This came after a year when wood consumption worldwide was the lowest it had been in almost 50 years. This upward trend in consumption has continued thus far in 2011, with total volume consumed being more than 20 percent higher than the same period in early 2010, according to the market publication Wood Resource Quarterly.

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June 01, 2011

Better access to forest products price information

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