Search Results: 'American Softwoods'

Asian producers look to add value
07 January, 2012
The global downturn has come to the Asian timber sector later than other regions but now that it’s feeling the pinch it’s looking at pushing downstream production

Domestic demand enforces stability in Asian markets
13 November, 2010
Asian markets remain fairly quiet but growing, and increasingly sophisticated, domestic demand is having a stable influence

Swedes could preside over feast or famine
11 October, 2008
The legacy of high stocks has kept the whitewood market on the back foot, but production cuts at redwood mills are likely to create shortages in the year ahead. Sweden holds the key to market stability, but will the mills control production or keep piling it high and selling it cheap?

Demand strong but profits dented by competition
08 March, 2003
It was not an easy market for most of the UK forest products sector last year but for now mills can take advantage of the shortages created by ice in the Baltics