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• U.S.:Tacoma mill's closure will cost 71 jobs Timber shortage fells sawmill [Dec.31]
• U.S.:Wood-products slump may drag through 2008 [Dec.31]
• Papua New Guinea:Govt Increases Royalties For Timber Exports [Dec.31]
• Pakistan:Flour, timber prices register upward trend in Kabul [Dec.31]
• U.S.:Furniture stores hit by housing slump [Dec.28]
• U.S.:TurboSonic Announces US$3.25 Million Order for New Pollution Control Technology [Dec.28]
• U.S.:Lamperts Yards, Inc. receives certification from Rainforest Alliance [Dec.28]
• Canada:Forestry braces for 'tough year' [Dec.27]
• IKEA to build $145 mln furniture factory in northwest Russia [Dec.27]
• Japan:Japan's Housing Starts Slide 27%, Fifth Monthly Drop [Dec.27]
• U.S.:Jewelry down, furniture up this season [Dec.26]
• U.S.:Lumber prospects dim in '08 [Dec.26]
• Canada:Paper crunch hits book value [Dec.26]
• VietNam:Wood products exports felled short of target [Dec.26]
• Wood shavings shortage has animal owners scrambling [Dec.26]
• Malaysia:Prospects of global wooden furniture industry still good [Dec.21]
• L-P plans purchase of plant in Brazil [Dec.21]
• U.S.:Lumber makers foresee little relief [Dec.21]
• Canada:Household Goods And Building Materials Drive Wholesale Trade Above Expectations [Dec.20]
• Weyerhaeuser Closed Valdosta veneer plant, but Colbert facility unaffected [Dec.20]
• U.S.:Ohio State Forests Certifiable for Timber [Dec.20]
• U.A.E.:Dubai Chamber calls for monitoring of imported construction materials [Dec.20]
• Canada:Pine beetle theatens B.C. growth [Dec.19]
• Russians and Finns to invest $US 1.5 billion in timber [Dec.19]
• U.S.:GP closing Bellingham tissue mill this week [Dec.18]
• Finland:Forest owners prepare for increased demand for domestic timber [Dec.18]
• UK:Phaunos Timber buys land in Uruguay worth 6.3 mln usd [Dec.18]
• Nigeria: Fire Guts Timber Market in Umuahia [Dec.18]
• Ghana:Third quarter export volume jumps 21.5% [Dec.18]
• Canada's industrial capacity falls [Dec.17]
• US forest products sector's 2008 outlook mixed - S&P [Dec.17]
• U.S.:Missoula firm wins timber contract [Dec.17]
• Rising paper price ups book prices in China and possibly world [Dec.17]
• IKEA invests big in Russia furniture, lumber production [Dec.15]
• Canada:Wood-waste power plant proposal signed [Dec.14]
• Canada:Privatizing woodlots could help Quebec's forestry sector [Dec.14]
• UK:Phaunos Timber invests 150 mln usd in Brazil to form new JV company with Nemus [Dec.14]
• Canada:Forestry should follow Finland's lead [Dec.13]
• U.S.:Roark Capital Buys Weyerhaeuser Facility [Dec.13]
• U.S.:Pope Resources says '08 timber harvest to reduce by 33 pct [Dec.13]
• China, U. S. sign first MOU addressing illegal logging, timber trade [Dec.13]
• WWF-Malaysia's Timber Campaign Gets Global Support [Dec.13]
• UK:Forestry: Widespread corruption fells timber export hopes [Dec.12]
• U.S.:Storms leave glut of timber that may affect market [Dec.12]
• Malaysia Sarawak's timber exports dip 11.45pc in first eight months [Dec.12]
• Belgium's flooring company introduces eco-friendly products [Dec.12]
• U.S. timberland maintains investment appeal despite housing slump [Dec.11]
• Xmas Tree Prices Soar on Chinese Demand [Dec.11]
• Indonesia's plywood exports expected to increase next year [Dec.11]
• Housing Crisis Affecting the Price of Lumber [Dec.10]
• U.S.:Timber industry needs best management practices [Dec.10]
• UK:Phaunos Timber to invest 9 mln usd on wood pellet plant in Serbia [Dec.10]
• UK:Wood importer goes green with blue-sea thinking [Dec.10]
• French govt to allow Sunday trading for furniture retailers [Dec.10]
• Capital fund to create Nordic furniture giant [Dec.10]
• U.S.:Sampit lumber mill to be sold [Dec.07]
• Sarawak to enlarge its timber market in India [Dec.07]
• Chinese forest-management practices see dramatic change [Dec.07]
• Canada:Canfor Announces Indefinite Closure of its Chetwynd Sawmill [Dec.06]
• Canada:NoFire Technologies Announces Agreement with Woodtone Building Products [Dec.06]
• U.S.:84 Lumber closes 12 stores [Dec.06]
• Malaysia timber company temporarily closes plant in Guyana, seeks log supply [Dec.06]
• Russia:Government to overhaul timber industry [Dec.06]
• U.S.;Furniture orders still dropping [Dec.05]
• Brazil: Exports of wood products rise 13% in October [Dec.05]
• Australia:Timber exports take off [Dec.05]
• Bangladesh:Acute shortage of timber hampers production of FFC [Dec.05]
• Canada:Job losses soar in forest sector [Dec.04]
• Art, wooden furniture pieces make good investments says shop owner [Dec.04]
• MINNESOTA:New generation of foresters seek to boost productivity [Dec.03]
• US agricultural exports to India rise 37.74 pc [Dec.03]
• Papua New Guinea:Forestry earns K505million for economy [Dec.03]
• Buying patterns in Europe drive africa timber prices higher [Dec.01]
• Japanese firms disclose losses caused by falling plywood prices [Dec.01]
• U.S.:Lumber 2008 outlook dim as housing woes persist [Nov.30]
• Canada:Paper products industry to lose $400M this year, turnaround to start in 2008 [Nov.30]
• Russia:Rosleshoz Offers to Increase Round Timber Export Duty Five Times [Nov.30]
• South Africa:SA paper giant eyes Russia's softwood riches [Nov.30]
• Canada:Log exports fine, if you're a First Nation [Nov.29]
• Stora Enso cuts production of key wood products amid market oversupply [Nov.29]
• U.S.:Montana's wood products industry suffers from housing slump [Nov.28]
• Timber Industry: Cutting Down Trees Helps Environment [Nov.28]
• UK:Furniture retailers braced for slowdown after resilient 2007 ... [Nov.28]
• U.S.:84 Lumber to open West Jordan store, plant [Nov.27]
• Ghana: GTA Wants Fair Share of Timber Concessions[Nov.27]
• ITTO funds PNG forest law efforts[Nov.27]
• Russia offers good opportunities for RP furniture [Nov.27]
• U.S.:Low timber prices stifle plans to boost logging [Nov.26]
• Ecuador, Indonesia to seek compensation for preserving rain forests [Nov.26]
• Finland:PM Links Russian Wood Tariffs with Greenhouse Emission Goals [Nov.26]
• Canadian exports of construction materials to the GCC set to cross CAD100m mark in 2007 [Nov.26]
• U.S.:Forest Service shortfall hits timber sales [Nov.23]
• Germany:Poyry expands its forest [Nov.23]
• South Africa:Demand for light steel frames increases because of shortages of good-quality structural timber [Nov.23]
• Tembec to explore strategic alternatives [Nov.22]
• U.S.:RFP Lumber & Reload expands into retail market [Nov.22]
• Canada's Forest Products Industry Welcomes Government's Announced Boreal Protection Commitment [Nov.22]
• Pope & Talbot Announces Wood Pulp Price Increase [Nov.21]
• U.S. Forest Service to extend logging contracts [Nov.21]
• Indonesia:Plywood producers in danger: Industry body [Nov.21]
• European Furniture Retailers Target India [Nov.21]
• North American Softwood Sawmills in Decline [Nov.20]
• Canada:Interfor signs deal to buy three sawmills from Pope & Talbot [Nov.20]
• Japan invests in Indian forestry [Nov.20]
• Canada:Non-timber forest products can be hot commodities [Nov.19]
• U.S.:Tribal Tribulations -- Yakamas suffer as timber slumps [Nov.19]
• UAE:Dubai to host Dubai Woodshow 2008 in February [Nov.19]
• Brazil:Timber fair attracts 20,000 visitors [Nov.19]
• UK demand for hardwoods wanes amidst supply and logistics problems [Nov.19]
• Is the Wood Industry Ready for Robotics? [Nov.16]
• Canada:September was bleak for BC manufacturing, forestry sectors [Nov.16]
• China Grand Forestry Agrees to Buy Biofuels Company [Nov.16]
• WoodSmart Solutions, Inc. Tests Hartindo AF21 in BluWood(R) Solution [Nov.15]
• U.S.:Roastwood Materials To Open New Headquarters and Manufacturing Facility in Quitman, Georgia [Nov.15]
• U.S.:Company's approach cleanses the 'pallet' [Nov.15]
• Indonesia Says It May Take Until 2014 to End Illegal Logging [Nov.15]
• RISI Predicts Housing Affordability To Improve 15% By Early 2008 [Nov.14]
• Australian Group Seeks Investment Opportunities In Malaysia [Nov.14]
• US Demand for Outdoor Furniture & Grill Products to Reach $7.5 Billion in 2011 [Nov.13]
• Canada:Strong dollar knocks lumber price targets down [Nov.13]
• U.S.:Wood-products downturn [Nov.13]
• U.S.:Local manufacturer buys Kentucky cabinet maker [Nov.13]
• New generation of foresters study ways to improve productivity [Nov.13]
• Philippine Forest Products Export Growth Hits Five-Year High [Nov.13]
• Canada:Canfor Announces Mill Closure [Nov.12]
• U.S.:American Stock Exchange Lists Claymore/Clear Global Timber Index ETF [Nov.12]
• New Zealand:Revolution looming in lumber industry [Nov.12]
• UK:Up to ninety percent reduction in construction waste possible [Nov.12]
• India:Furniture imports surge on growing demand [Nov.12]
• 84 Lumber to open in Redmond amid a slowing market [Nov.9]
• International Paper to Sell Chapman Plant [Nov.9]
• U.S.:CME Lumber Review: Higher On Short Covering, Spread Trades [Nov.8]
• U.S.:House panel passes timber import ban [Nov.8]
• South Africa: Fires Mean Too Few Sawlogs to Meet Demand [Nov.8]
• U.S.:84 Lumber sets grand opening of West Jordan store, plant [Nov.7]
• Canada:Hurting forest industry searches for solutions [Nov.7]
• UK:Timber Frame Engineering Offers Great Green Career Opportunities for Builders [Nov.7]
• Australia:Wood Windows Now a High Tech, Environmentally Friendly, 21st Century Building Product [Nov.7]
• Canada:Strong dollar has negative impact on value of wood products [Nov.6]
• Latvian wood products Industrial output decreased by 7.1 pct in the nine-month period [Nov.6]
• Europe's forests flourishing, but fire remain a threat [Nov.6]
• U.S.:Oregon timber firm buys 325,000 La. acres [Nov.5]
• Canada:Canfor sees weak lumber market as chance to expand [Nov.5]
• Australia:Great Southern to buy WA timber assets [Nov.5]
• Iceland's Norvik Acquires Jarl Timber in Sweden [Nov.5]
• Making timber production 'indisputably' more efficient [Nov.5]
• U.S.:Weyerhaeuser Sees Money Growing on Trees [Nov.2]
• Brazil's exports of wood products ease in September [Nov.2]
• Canada:Forestry sector continues to splinter [Nov.2]
• U.S.:Experts look to timber as next generation energy source [Nov.1]
• Canada:B.C. exports to rise for first time in 3 years on Asian demand [Nov.1]
• Malaysia:Sarawak to double timber production [Nov.1]
• Guyana:New regulations could shut down timber industry [Nov.1]
• Russian Timber Group Sets IPO Price Range At 90p-110p [Oct. 31]
• CME Lumber Review: Ends Lower Amid Spread Trading [Oct. 31]
• Canada:Western forest companies eye eastern quota system [Oct. 31]
• Weyerhaeuser set to report a mixed quarter [Oct. 31]
• Canada:Raw log export levy aims to buoy industry [Oct. 30]
• U.S.:International Paper heads to Siberia, building bridge to China [Oct. 30]
• U.S. furniture becomes international status symbol [Oct. 30]
• Timber Investments in Panama [Oct. 30]
• U.S.:200-year-old sawmill cuts lumber via water power [Oct. 29]
• Wood could be the fuel of the future [Oct. 29]
• UK:Kurawood Launches Hardwood Alternative at Interbuild 2007 [Oct. 29]
• Indonesia:Ecolabel certified timber products the only way forward [Oct. 29]
• 'Made in the U.S.A.' wood showing up in Canada [Oct. 26]
• Holmen to invest 1.1 bln skr in new sawmill in Sweden [Oct. 26]
• Russia:Less timber exports from NW Russia [Oct. 26]
• Russia to go ahead with export tax increase on wood [Oct. 26]
• Weyerhaeuser to close Deerwood lumber plant [Oct. 25]
• EU says Russia makes better offer on timber duties [Oct. 25]
• Malaysia:HSBC to give out more loans to timber firms [Oct. 25]
• Canada:Canfor to keep chip inventories high to offset sawmill curtailments [Oct. 24]
• New Zealand:Timber losing residential building market share [Oct. 24]
• Furniture designers embrace eco sensibility [Oct. 23]
• U.S.:CME Lumber Review: Ends Lower Amid Weak Cash, Spreading [Oct. 23]
• Indonesia:Eco-labeling helping timber producers enter global market [Oct. 23]
• Malaysia: Ministry continues timber talks with EU [Oct. 23]
• U.S.:Declining lumber demand hits region's sawmills [Oct. 22]
• Lumber producer Weyerhaeuser to shut down two Canadian plants [Oct. 22]
• Outdoors: A new approach to selling timber [Oct. 22]
• UK:Timber company enjoys best sales figure [Oct. 21]
• Russian Timber plans $200 mln AIM flotation [Oct. 19]
• Australia:Timber giant plans farm expansion [Oct. 19]
• Bulgaria:Furniture Exports Reach 180 Million LEVA in 2006 [Oct. 19]
• U.S. lumber prices at four-year low [Oct. 18]
• CME Lumber Review: New Lows On Dismal Housing Report [Oct. 18]
• U.S.:Engineered Wood Construction Guide Now Available [Oct. 18]
• Finland:Stora Enso's results burdened by continuing high wood costs and the weakening US dollar [Oct. 18]
• Europe to gain as U.S. lumber slumps [Oct. 17]
• Canada:Forestry industry's high-tech, high-paying jobs at risk [Oct. 17]
• Vietnam, Laos Cooperate In Producing High-Quality Wood [Oct. 17]
• U.S.:Southern Forests Produce Energy-Efficient Fuel [Oct. 16]
• Canada:British Columbia Forest Companies, Union End Strike [Oct. 16]
• UK:iShares launches first timber and forestry ETF [Oct. 16]
• U.S.:Decline in furniture sales lowest since June 2006 [Oct. 15]
• Canadian company to harvest underwater timber in Ghana [Oct. 15]
• Russia to propose solution in EU lumber trade row [Oct. 15]
• U.S.:Weyerhaeuser to Shut Sections of Two Mills Making Residential Wood Products [Oct. 13]
• CME lumber lower early amid premium to cash market [Oct. 12]
• Canada:Sale of Domtar's forest-products assets threatened [Oct. 12]
• India: Wood Products Industry Increased 62.2% in Aug '07 [Oct. 12]
• U.S.:Alexander Lumber to merge Hudson, Normal stores [Oct. 11]
• Composite lumber: Annual growth of 10% in US [Oct. 11]
• U.S.:Oregon Forest Figures Demonstrate Amount of Logging Prevented [Oct. 11]
• U.S.:High Point Hears Cheers From Abroad [Oct. 11]
• UK:Outputs from virgin timber production to be de-regulated [Oct. 11]
• U.S.:A Commodity Wood Market in Total Collapse [Oct. 10]
• Peruvian wood exports rise in first semester [Oct. 10]
• Canada:Pope & Talbot closes three B.C. lumber mills for two weeks [Oct. 9]
• U.S.:Housing crisis saps furniture market [Oct. 9]
• U.A.E.:SME wood manufacturer to venture into Middle East market [Oct. 9]
• German timber industry sales jump 9.5% [Oct. 8]
• U.S.:Columbia Forest Products to Invest $3 Million in Hearst Mill [Oct. 8]
• Canada:Lumber prices low; weak dollar attracting foreign investment [Oct. 8]
• Rocketing timber prices could force firms out of Poland [Oct. 8]
• Vietnam:Furniture exports up but timber shortage a worry [Oct. 6]
• U.S.:Rising demand for American hardwoods for railway ties [Oct. 6]
• Canada:Canfor plans sawmill closures [Oct. 5]
• UK:Ikea ventures into flat-pack homes [Oct. 5]
• U.S.:Wallowa-Whitman timber sales hit five-year high [Oct. 5]
• Russia:Timber Firm Thrives Despite Poor Market [Oct. 5]
• International Paper buys 50% stake in Russian company [Oct. 4]
• Going Beyond Formaldehyde Binders in Manufactured Wood Products [Oct. 4]
• U.S.:Despite slumping housing market, Gerber Lumber opens shop in ... [Oct. 3]
• Europe becomes Japan's biggest softwood supplier [Oct. 3]
• U.S.:Pacific Lumber wants to sell 29,000 acres of north state redwoods [Oct. 2]
• Paper and forest products: credit slide continues, says Moody's [Oct. 2]
• Philippine:PCA Sorsogon bans cutting, transport of coco lumber [Oct. 2]
• Move to Replace Oil with Ethanol Portends Bright Future for Wood [Oct. 1]
• UK:Housing slows but construction remains busy [Sep. 29]
• European, Chilean companies to jointly explore lumber complex in Brazil [Sep. 29]
• Canada:Industry facing red [Sep. 29]
• U.S.:It may be 2009 before lumber, housing recover [Sep. 28]
• American-Made Furniture Finds Promising Market in Japan [Sep. 28]
• Reports:Opportunities in the Laminate Flooring Industry [Sep. 28]
• U.S.:Wood pellet mill planned [Sep. 27]
• U.S.:Oregon mills struggle against Oct. 1 formaldehyde deadline [Sep. 27]
• North American MDF capacity to grow marginally [Sep. 27]
• UK:Wood is the future, says architect [Sep. 27]
• India:Jammu and Kashmir facing timber shortage due to gap in demand and supply [Sep. 27]
• Canada:Tembec shutting B.C. sawmills [Sep. 26]
• Russia:Pfleiderer state-of-the-art MDF plant inaugurated in Grajewo [Sep. 26]
• India:Govt to raise forest cover [Sep. 26]
• Brazil: Investment Opportunity [Sep. 25]
• JFC launches wood pellet bin [Sep. 25]
• Australia:NSW Govt stands by pulp log price [Sep. 24]
• Fine woods for musical instruments becoming tough to find [Sep. 24]
• Canada:THE BOTTOM LINE: Wood producers caught in a vise [Sep. 24]
• U.S.:Slow Housing Markets Push 2006 Lumber Output Lower for First Time since 2001 [Sep. 22]
• Weyerhaeuser to Buy Idabel Sawmill [Sep. 21]
• Canada:B.C. lumber harvest boom could hit real estate values [Sep. 21]
• U.S.:Housing setbacks hit lumber; experts see more cuts at mills [Sep. 20]
• Canada:Huge drop in timber supply predicted [Sep. 20]
• U.S.:Salvage season: Foresters plan to harvest trees [Sep. 19]
• Credit outlook for US forest products sector mixed [Sep. 19]
• Canfor buys South Carolina lumber producer [Sep. 19]
• Malaysia to step up laws on illegal logging [Sep. 19]
• Tembec restarts lumber sales after price hike [Sep. 18]
• New report looks at effects of mountain pine beetle on B.C. timber supply [Sep. 18]
• Australia:Timber standard guarantees sustainable source [Sep. 18]
• Ghana earns 93 million Euros from wood export [Sep. 18]
• Sawmills have seen better times [Sep. 17]
• British company seeks money to buy NZ wood firm [Sep. 17]
• Japan:Plywood imports continue to fall [Sep. 17]
• U.S.:Lumbermens purchases Idaho-based Alpine Lumber Supply [Sep. 15]
• Canada:Tembec pulls lumber from North American market [Sep. 15]
• Tembec to receive prestigious FSC Winds of Change Award [Sep. 14]
• Pakistan:Kashmir importing cheap timber for construction [Sep. 14]
• Canadian sawmills need to compete in global market, report says [Sep. 13]
• North American Sawmill Plight Highlights Canfor's Woes [Sep. 13]
• China's forest products trade up 35.3% in first half [Sep. 13]
• U.S.:Lumber dealer gave Akron a cutting edge in construction [Sep. 12]
• Canada:Pine beetle wood harvest causing economic boom, but bust is coming [Sep. 12]
• New Zealand:US housing market downturn complicates business for mill [Sep. 12]
• Canada:Effect of BC forestry strike grows [Sep. 11]
• UK:Making housing affordable with timber [Sep. 11]
• South Africa:Steinhoff to nail down wood supply to help PG Bison meet demand [Sep. 11]
• U.S.:Weyerhaeuser Says Market Weak, May Close Plants [Sep. 10]
• Canada's Forest Products Industry a Global Leader in Sustainability Forest ... [Sep. 10]
• Ghana's timber exports rise [Sep. 10]
• Forest model boosts wood profits [Sep. 10]
• U.S.:Furniture-makers see 6 percent drop in orders [Sep. 7]
• U.S.:Landowners seek fair price for timber [Sep. 7]
• South Africa:Timber prices set to soar due to runaway fires [Sep. 7]
• Vietnam:Wooden product exports earns US $1.5 billion [Sep. 7]
• Finnish Investors Eye Romanian Telecom, Lumber Industries [Sep. 6]
• U.S.:Montana's State's forest production, employment decline [Sep. 6]
• Canada:Cathay Forest Updates Russian Timber Concession [Sep. 6]
• Canada:Cedar sawmill sets sights on Smooth Rock Falls [Sep. 6]
• Malaysia:Timber Industry To Benefit From Nuclear Technology [Sep. 6]
• High-tech compatibility makes its way into furniture [Sep. 6]
• U.S.:VT Industries buys Indiana wood door maker [Sep. 5]
• U.S.:Evergreen Pulp mill chips in for machine [Sep. 5]
• European Union and Cameroon To investigate illegal logging [Sep. 5]
• South Africa:Timber shortage dulls wood chip outlook [Sep. 5]
• Brazilian wood exports slide in July [Sep. 5]
• UK:Timber suppliers' optimism weakens [Sep. 4]
• South Africa:Timber shortage pushes building costs up in SA [Sep. 4]
• New Zealand:Increase in Otautau timber off to China [Sep. 4]
• U.S. lumber and panel weekly market reports [Sep. 3]
• Malaysia:Lingui earnings jump on rising timber prices [Sep. 3]
• UK:High-tech wood firm plans float [Sep. 3]
• India:Plywood industry asks govt to take it out of woods [Sep. 3]
• UK:Forestry investment outperforms shares and commercial property [Aug, 31]
• Ireland:Plans for E50m bioprocessing facility revealed [Aug, 31]
• U.S.:Falling Construction Prices, Upside and Down [Aug, 30]
• Romania:Furniture export rises to EUR 1 bn [Aug, 30]
• US lumber prices to recover in 2009 [Aug, 29]
• U.S.:Eastern Oregon Timber Market May Hit Bottom [Aug, 29]
• Australia:Auspine says timber demand, pricing to grow [Aug, 29]
• Ghana:Wood products sector saw 63 investments in 18 months -Go-Invest [Aug, 29]
• Malaysia:Use more wood in buildings, construction sector urged [Aug, 29]
• U.S.:Lumber Price Declines Set to Reverse [Aug, 28]
• New Zealand:Weaker market hurts Tenon [Aug, 28]
• New Zealand:Wood's value in spotlight [Aug, 28]
• U.S. lumber and panel market weekly report [Aug, 27]
• U.S.:Penn Virginia company buys land for timber [Aug, 27]
• PNG:FA launches five-year plan to boost forestry [Aug, 27]
• Vietnam:Bedroom furniture on prospering stage [Aug, 27]
• New Zealand:Tenon profit down as US building activity falls [Aug, 26]
• Canada:Coastal forest strike will have ripple effects [Aug, 24]
• Canada:Lumber ouput slips to 5-year low [Aug, 24]
• U.S.:Eastern Oregon timber harvests hit another record low [Aug, 24]
• Bulgaria bans export of partially-burnt timber to reduce forest fires [Aug, 24]
• UK:Buying British woodland [Aug, 24]
• U.S.:Supress Products Releases Soundproofing Adhesive for Wood [Aug, 23]
• New Zealand:Greens want ban on illegal logging imports [Aug, 23]
• Epson formulates "green" paper procurement policy [Aug, 23]
• Canada:AFA Forest Products Purchases Lighthouse Lumber Wholesalers [Aug, 22]
• U.S.:Top Building Material Retailer and Manufacturer to Improve Business Process Structure with DEACOM ER
• Interest in Sustainable Furniture on the Rise [Aug, 22]
• Canada:Superior Laminated building a $70M veneer mill [Aug, 21]
• U.S.:Market Spotlight: Paper, Wood Companies [Aug, 21]
• Millwork Trends: What's Moving in Moulding [Aug, 21]
• Sweden worried by Russian timber trade [Aug, 21]
• Georgia-Pacific Wood Products Introduces New Generation of I-Joists [Aug, 20]
• U.S.:Wildfires, Housing Have Lasting Effect on Timber Prices [Aug, 20]
• UK:International Paper and Ilim announce massive joint venture [Aug, 20]
• U.S.:County proposes $7 million investment into Linden Lumber [Aug, 17]
• Congo revives timber exports via rail, sea ports [Aug, 17]
• Eco-efficient timber harvester/chipper from Finland [Aug, 17]
• Japan:Sluggish market brings Southsea timber prices down [Aug, 17]
• UK:Tropical species suffer eroding share of hardwood Market [Aug, 17]
• U.S.:Mohawk Industries, Inc. Completes Purchase of Wood Flooring Assets [Aug, 16]
• Canada:Timber harvest boost extended to 2011 [Aug, 16]
• Indonesia's Riaupulp, APP could halt ops in Oct on lack of raw materials -report [Aug, 16]
• Forest sector being reshaped by wood energy policies and markets ... [Aug, 16]
• Eco-forestry: A clear-cut idea [Aug, 16]
• U.S., Canada defend lumber deal, despite new spat [Aug, 15]
• U.S.:Furniture Buying Index Drops Two Points [Aug, 15]
• UK:A strange but true sequence: furniture sales, inflation falls and ... [Aug, 15]
• U.S.:Log shortage, housing downturn cause tough times for lumber mills [Aug, 14]
• U.S.:Appalachian Hardwood Manufactures Launches Sustainable Program [Aug, 14]
• Canada: Agreement-in-principle reached for Weyco mill [Aug, 14]
• UK:PPS offer new Dusseldorfer pallet [Aug, 14]
• UK:Building costs threaten projects [Aug, 14]
• U.S. lumber and panel market reports [Aug, 14]
• Canada:New growth on the forest floor [Aug, 13]
• U.S.:Demand for lumber down 25 percent since 2000 [Aug, 13]
• Malaysia:Timber prices likely to rebound [Aug, 13]
• Malaysia:Govt mulls using RFID chips to address timber theft [Aug, 13]
• Pakistan:Furniture exports decline as cost of production goes up [Aug, 13]
• Canada:No end in sight for B.C. lumber strike [Aug, 10]
• U.S.:Logging in Northwest forests on the rise [Aug, 10]
• Australia:Timber company rejects SA pulp mill supply contract [Aug, 10]
• U.S.:Cash infusion accelerates NW logging [Aug, 9]
• UK:Affordable timber frame housing development in Worthing [Aug, 9]
• Weyerhaeuser sells BC saw mill and timber harvesting rights [Aug, 9]
• Canada: U.S. Seeks New Ruling in Lumber Dispute [Aug, 8]
• Canada:Weyerhaeuser Sells Saw Mill [Aug, 8]
• Canada:Provincial lumber exports in a state of decline [Aug, 8]
• U.S.:Investment fund buys rights to Big Island timber [Aug, 8]
• Australia:New mill secures sufficient source of wood [Aug, 8]
• New Trends for Everyone at International Builders Show [Aug, 8]
• U.S.:Federal logging may increase [Aug, 7]
• U.S.:Sawmills stranded by funiture makers [Aug, 7]
• Qatar:Construction material prices zoom [Aug, 7]
• U.S.: Lumber and panel market weekly report [Aug, 6]
• U.S.:Weyerhaeuser Profit Falls in 2Q [Aug, 6]
• UK:International eco building conference for Devon [Aug, 6]
• UK:Cambium Global Timberland buys 6,100 acres of Hawaiian timberland for 3 mln stg [Aug, 6]
• India:Steep timber rates take toll on sawmills [Aug, 6]
• Canada:Paper price cuts hit Tembec net [Aug, 3]
• U.S.:Manufacturing Sector Expansion Slowing [Aug, 3]
• French July Services PMI Slightly Above Expectations [Aug, 3]
• How to protect deck lumber from rot and termites [Aug, 3]
• U.S.:Local wood flow slows [Aug, 2]
• U.S.:Inland lumberyards compete with chains [Aug, 2]
• Europe:Entire UNECE region forest sector being reshaped [Aug, 2]
• Iran:Kish opens major timber factory -the Middle East's largest [Aug, 2]
• Canada:Lumber exports continue dropping [Aug, 1]
• U.S.:Louisiana Forestry Association Earns SmartLogging Certification [Aug, 1]
• South Africa:Raging fires to cause timber shortages, ignite prices [Aug, 1]
• Vietnam's Binh Duong Earns US$600 MLN From Wooden Exports [Aug, 1]
• Canada:Canfor to chop costs [Jul, 31]
• U.S.:Commissioner calls for more boots in the woods [Jul, 31]
• South Africa: Infernos Burn Hole in SA Lumber Supplies [Jul, 31]
• Canada:BC Fed puts hot edict on coastal lumber and wood products [Jul, 31]
• Canada:Lumber giant to cut 130 B.C. jobs [Jul, 30]
• New Zealand:Building a new future with wood [Jul, 30]
• Canada:Global forest products sector posts mixed financial results [Jul, 27]
• U.S.:Progress agrees to buy energy from wood products [Jul, 27]
• Global Forest Products Sector Posts Mixed Results [Jul, 27]
• Canada:No end in sight to BC logging strike [Jul, 26]
• U.S.:Wood products prices rise slightly [Jul, 26]
• U.S.:Major Oregon Lumber Company Shuts Down Mills [Jul, 26]
• U.S.:US Wood Preservative Chemicals Market to Surpass $425 Million by 2010 [Jul, 25]
• Uruguay attracts expanding Chilean forestry companies  [Jul, 25]
• Furniture Design: Hidden Chairs in the Globos Collection  [Jul, 25]
• U.S.:High Point Expands Ecostyle Pavilion [Jul, 24]
• U.S.:Ecolife(TM) Stabilized Wood Now Available in Florida [Jul, 24]
• Australia:African mahogany a high-value timber option for northern dry tropics [Jul, 24]
• Sweden:SCA 2Q Net Profit +20% Boosted By Packaging, Wood Products [Jul, 24]
• U.S.:Emotions run high as log home rises [Jul, 23]
• Canada:No quick end in sight for B.C. forestry strike [Jul, 23]
• Canada:Coastal Forestry Workers Strike [Jul, 23]
• Malaysia:Higher demand for imported sawn timber [Jul, 23]
• UAE construction costs to rise [Jul, 21]
• U.S.:Housing slump lowers lumber prices, but not other material costs [Jul, 20]
• U.S.:Michigan to Open 1 of Nation's 1st Wood-based Ethanol Factories [Jul, 20]
• UK:Big growth in UK timber market as prices rise 20% [Jul, 20]
• Vietnam's Wood Processor Takes New Partners [Jul, 20]
• Know the true meaning of 'sustainable wood' [Jul, 20]
• Brazil: Civil construction fuels hefty growth in domestic market [Jul, 20]
• U.S.:GP Now Marketing Water-Repellent Plywood Sub-Floor [Jul, 19]
• Canada:BC logging strike becomes more likely [Jul, 19]
• Forestweb July Price Indices for Pulp, Packaging, and Printing ... [Jul, 19]
• Project Energy: A Tour Of This Old 'Green' House [Jul, 18]
• Canadian manufacturing shipments dropped 0.1% [Jul, 18]
• Zimbabwe: Timber Exports Decline [Jul, 18]
• Canada:Ontario stumpage fees need review [Jul, 17]
• U.S.:Universal Forest Products Trims Outlook [Jul, 17]
• U.S.:Brady announces forest restoration program [Jul, 17]
• Australia:New unit to test timber [Jul, 17]
• U.S.:New treated wood products are safer for home use [Jul, 16]
• Hawaii timber industry ready to saw [Jul, 16]
• Canada:N.S. company shooting to open wood pellet mill in Belledune, N.B. [Jul, 13]
• South Africa: Lumber Giant Seals R260m Empowerment Deal [Jul, 13]
• Europe: Log houses the new Baltic export [Jul, 12]
• China timber group returning earnings to the forest [Jul, 12]
• Philippines Tightens Renewal Of Wood Processing Permits [Jul, 12]
• Canada:Strong loonie cutting profits for lumber producers [Jul, 11]
• UK:Consultation under way on new government timber policy [Jul, 11]
• Australia:Enviro Pallets' growth demands second shift [Jul, 11]
• U.S.:Weyerhaeuser Sells Springfield, Ore. Plywood Mill [Jul, 10]
• Philippines Tightens Renewal Of Wood Processing Permits [Jul, 10]
• Russia's Sustainable Forestry Revolution [Jul, 10]
• Home Improvement Products Market to Reach $828 Billion by 2010, According to New Report [Jul, 9]
• Canada:Lumber producer Tembec cuts production at its Huntsville, Ont. hardwood sawmill [Jul, 9]
• U.S.:Little sign of wood products recovery [Jul, 9]
• Europe's largest funds PGGM commits $200m to timber [Jul, 9]
• Malaysia And EU To Continue Timber Legality Talks [Jul, 9]
• Malaysia:Shortage of raw materials an issue for wood-based sector [Jul, 9]
• Latest data confirms the global importance of the Middle East interiors market [Jul, 9]
• Canada:Millions of trees to be planted in Cariboo forests [Jul, 6]
• Canada:Canfor makes more changes [Jul, 6]
• South America forest and paper sector a new player on the global scene and leads for return on capital: PwC report [Jul, 6]
• U.S.:Prices for North American Lumber remain weak [Jul, 5]
• Canada:Global rivalry cuts into lumber business [Jul, 5]
• Malaysian timber exporters keep focus on Middle East boom [Jul, 5]
• Indonesia:Knockdown houses present export opportunity [Jul, 5]
• Japan:Housing industry seeks ways to ease lumber supply [Jul, 5]
• U.S.:Manufacturing Report Boosts Basic Materials [Jul, 4]
• Malaysia:National Timber Industry Policy At Final Preparation Stage [Jul, 4]
• India:Lumber price pattern suggests the commodity in short supply ... [Jul, 4]
• Norway bans tropical timber [Jul, 3]
• Finland:No Compromise Yet on Russian Timber Tariffs [Jul, 3]
• U.S.:Mohawk Industries Purchases Four Wood Plants [Jul, 2]
• U.S. lumber and panel market reports [Jul, 2]
• Australian Timber Investment delivers great returns on fixed term timber investments [Jul, 2]
• Liberia: Timber Exports Begin Next Dry Season [Jul, 2]
• VietNam:Cash crops, wood products exports rise [Jul, 2]
• U.S.:Triad furniture market booming [Jun,29]
• Finland:Wood and paper industry output rose 4.8% on the year in May [Jun,29]
• Cathay Forest Begins Shipping Lumber From Russia to China [Jun,29]
• Canada:N.S. lumber mill to ease production because of soaring loonie [Jun,28]
• U.S.:Weyerhauser to Buy Uruguay Plywood Mill [Jun,28]
• EU approves 106 mln eur aid for Portuguese pulp, paper sector [Jun,28]
• U.S.:Mohawk buys forest products firm [Jun,27]
• Canada:Sagging forest industry awaits new rules [Jun,27]
• India:The wooded route to Brazil [Jun,27]
• U.S. lumber and panel market reports [Jun,26]
• U.S.:Lumber company shaving its fuel costs [Jun,26]
• Estonia April Exports Rebound On Year [Jun,26]
• Brazil:Weak USD affects wood product exports [Jun,26]
• Canada:Wood supply okayed for new Atikokan mill [Jun,26]
• Canfor to take more downtime [Jun,26]
• U.S.:Furniture industry posts 'help wanted' sign for upholsterers [Jun,25]
• U.S.:American Wood Fibers to Expand its Virginia Manufacturing Facility [Jun,25]
• UK:Timber frame market gets a boost [Jun,25]
• UK:Timber Frame Association creates practice guide [Jun,25]
• Mid East to become world's second largest flooring producer says industry expert [Jun,25]
• U.S.:Log home builders float over sinking market [Jun,22]
• UK:Sustainable development council admits pulp producer from Indonesia [Jun,22]
• Canada:New plan for B.C.'s forest industry near [Jun,21]
• Malaysia:Govt Sees Better Performance By The Timber Industry This Year [Jun,21]
• Malaysia:Ekowood beefing up capacity by 80pc to meet rising demand [Jun,21]
• U.S.:With all gloom and doom among homebuilders, Lumber futures technical pattern says housing bull is here
• Canada:Tembec curtails production at its sawmills in Quebec, Ontario and .. [Jun,20]
• Peru:Lumber exports chalk up steady gains in 2007 [Jun,20]
• New wood fiber lumber joins the fray [Jun,20]
• Brazil:Furniture sector fair aims at Arab importers [Jun,19]
• Finland:Leading European Wood Products Innovation Award to Finnforest Kerto [Jun,19]
• Canada:High dollar, export tax offset rising lumber prices [Jun,18]
• U.S. lumber and panel market weekly reports [Jun,18]
• Innovations In Material Handling [Jun,18]
• U.A.E.:Steel and wood costs may fall [Jun,18]
• Russia exported less hardwood to Europe in 2006 [Jun,18]
• Myanmar:Demand for teak and gurjan logs remains strong [Jun,18]
• U.S.:California timber harvest declines [Jun,15]
• Canada:Commonwealth Plywood to close 18 plants in Quebec [Jun,15]
• South Africa:Low-cost timber significant cost advantage for Mondi ahead of July [Jun,15]
• UK:Timber importer splits to aid Olympics [Jun,15]
• Canada Pallet invests in massive lumber saw [Jun,14]
• U.S.:Timber Companies Present Strong Buying Opportunity [Jun,14]
• Finland:UPM's CFO says no plans to close more paper mills [Jun,14]
• Pulp supplies could be hit as timber strike moves closer in Canada [Jun,14]
• Guyana:Better log-to-lumber conversion rates can be achieved with appropriate equipment [Jun,14]
• American Furniture Hall Of Fame Expands Membership [Jun,13]
• UK:Tesco moves to enter garden market [Jun,13]
• U.S. lumber and panel market weekly report [Jun,12]
• U.S.:Timber Company Provides Ethanol Cellulose Feedstock [Jun,12]
• U.S.:Optimism after rough year for timber producers [Jun,12]
• EU links timber issue with Russian WTO membership [Jun,12]
• UK:Timber-frame firm is stepping up growth [Jun,12]
• U.S.:Eco-friendly furniture [Jun,11]
• Czech 2006 wood output highest since 1946 [Jun,11]
• Vietnam's