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Industry criticism of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) shows no signs of dying down. In a position paper on the EUDR, two German associations, paper industry association Die Papierindustrie and the Association of the German Wood-Based Panel Industry (VHI), are now calling for its implementation to be postponed...

Mayr-Melnhof has announced plans to shut down the sawmill at its Finnish facility MM Kotkamills in the course of the fourth quarter 2023....

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With 552 votes in favour, 44 against, and 43 abstentions, the members of the European Parliament adopted the EU Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EUDR) in Strasbourg on 19 April 2023....

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Södra has started a preliminary project to explore prerequisites to build a large-scale sawmill in Kinda, Sweden. The group informs that the site is strategically located to create more value from timber owned by forest owners in the Östergötland region. Södra’s overall aim is to increase output of sawn timber. The...

Norske Skog will spend NOK180m to build a new termomechanical pulp (TMP) line at the Skogn mill in Norway. The investment will allow to replace recycled fibre with fresh fibre in newsprint production. The project has been granted NOK40-50m in funding from Norway's NOx fund, the company explained....

Canada’s Canfor Pulp will close for good the kraft pulp operations at its Prince George Pulp and Paper Mill in British Columbia. The mill’s fibre line produces 280,000 tpy of market NBSK (northern bleached softwood kraft) pulp. The closure is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter and will impact...

Canfor Pulp blames its decision on reduced availability of residual fibre for pulping. Paper operations at Prince George to be continued....

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Mercer International has deferred its plans for building a large-scale sawmill at the facility of Mercer Zellstoff GmbH in Arneburg until further notice. According to information from Dr Carsten Merforth, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Wood Products division, the plans for building a sawmill in Arneburg, which...

Only a few contracts for sawmill residue deliveries in the current month or the fourth quarter had been concluded on the German sawmill residues market by the beginning of October 2022. Owing to the still widely diverging expectations on the price development between suppliers and buyers, numerous negotiations are...

Due to weak demand and above-average stock build-up, Swedish company Södra will reduce output of sawn timber....

Mercer International has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the parent company of HIT for consideration of €270m, inclusive of forecasted net working capital of approximately €43m. HIT owns, among other things, 100 per cent of a timber processing and pallet production facility in...

Paracel, a JV company with the participation of Copetrol's owner family Zapag and Sweden's Girindus Investments, is planning to build Paraguay's first pulp mill near the city of Concepción. Groundwork for the BEK pulp mill and other preparatory work, including plantations development, are currently being undertaken.The...