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A binational NAFTA panel has declined to overturn the U.S. Commerce Department’s finding that Canadian softwood lumber is subsidized, according to Wood Central. The panel accepted Commerce’s second response to its orders in full. The decision followed a review that had been underway for nearly nine years, the report says. The NAFTA Secretariat’s U.S.…
Read the full article ↗Germany is easing a European Union Deforestation Regulation paperwork requirement for small forest owners, according to Wood Central. Under the reported change, small owners will be able to provide an address instead of plot coordinates. The report says the relief will be set out in a rule binding Germany’s states rather than in the enforcement bill before the Bundestag.…
Read the full article ↗Finland’s Supervisory Agency has ordered Google’s Finnish subsidiary, Tuike Finland, to stop forest-clearing work connected with planned data centres in Muhos and Kajaani. The supplied report says the projects’ environmental assessments were not yet complete. It reports that 330 hectares at Muhos and nearly 200 hectares at Otanmäki in Kajaani had already been felled and prepared.…
Read the full article ↗Poland’s State Forests plans to offer 37.7 million cubic metres of timber in 2027 under new sales rules, according to a report published October 9, 2026. The planned volume is described as slightly higher than the current year’s offer. The rules would tighten checks on buyers’ declarations about processing timber. Inflation would remain a factor in setting base prices.…
Read the full article ↗Strategic Biofuels has selected Valmet to provide biomass power-generation and flue-gas-cleaning technologies for its Louisiana Green Fuels project in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. The planned facility is to use forestry residuals to generate electricity. Carbon capture and permanent underground storage are intended to make the project’s power carbon-negative, according to the supplied report.…
Read the full article ↗Bracell plans to invest approximately R$150 million in a logistics operation linking Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo, according to a report published on October 9, 2026. The project includes two private-use terminals and a fleet of vessels for operations on the Tietê–Paraná Waterway. Bracell says the system is intended to transport wood and pulp.…
Read the full article ↗Brazilian pine-resin producers have gained customers since the start of the Middle East conflict, according to a report published by Valor on October 8, 2026. The report attributes the increased interest to higher oil and petrochemical input prices. Pine resin can serve as a natural-based raw material in products including industrial adhesives, waxes and chewing gum.…
Read the full article ↗Kronospan’s proposed oriented strand board (OSB) production line at its Chirk factory in North Wales has moved closer to environmental approval. Natural Resources Wales said it was minded to grant a variation to the factory’s permit, according to…
Read the full article ↗Bearlodge Forest Products plans to close all sawmill and pallet operations at its Hulett, Wyoming, site on October 31, 2026, according to a company announcement cited by Lesprom. The closure will end nearly five decades of operations at the facility. Bearlodge identified high input costs, limited labour and housing availability, and sustained declines in pricing as factors behind the decision.…
Read the full article ↗Malaysia is seeking to accelerate operational discussions with Indonesia so Malaysian teams can assist with forest fires in Kalimantan, according to a report published on October 7, 2026. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has agreed to Malaysia’s offer of assistance, Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said.…
Read the full article ↗Queensland-based Corbets Group is preparing a development application for site works at Monkland as an initial step toward a laminated veneer lumber mill, according to Wood Central. The proposed mill would use plantation-grown hoop pine, marketed as Australian Araucaria. The report says hoop pine has been processed into structural LVL in China under contract for Corbets.…
Read the full article ↗Veneer overtook sawn boards as Mozambique’s largest processed-timber export in the first half of 2026, according to a Wood Central report dated 7 October. Exporters shipped 22,460 cubic metres of veneer during the period, compared with none in the first half of 2025. The report says furniture exports fell 62% year on year.…
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