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Canadian OSB exports are stable

29 May 2018
Canadian OSB exports stabilised in the first quarter at the level reached after soaring in the third and fourth quarters of 2017. Source: Euwid Figures from Statistics Canada show that Canada’s OSB industry booked a double-digit year-on-year growth for the third quarter in a row with
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Metsa launches Metsa Spring to develop new bioproducts

29 May 2018
Metsä Group has established a new innovation company, Metsä Spring Ltd. The company will, together with partner organisations, invest in new endeavours with the target to identify and develop new business opportunities in sustainable forest-based bioeconomy and circular economy. Sourc
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Bill Gates invests $14m in biomass

24 May 2018
Biofuels and bioenergy have now become an essential component in the world’s renewable energy mix. Source: Forbes Last month, French multinational energy company, Total and Bill Gates invested $14 million in a new biomass conversion technology from clean tech start up Renmatix.
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Record lumber prices can’t last in the US

24 May 2018
Lumber prices have rallied more than 30% this year to reach their highest level on record, as US duties on imports of the commodity from Canada have contributed to tighter supplies and soaring home-construction costs. Source: Market Watch But analysts are growing wary of tall timber p
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Negative emissions power station burns wood

24 May 2018
The Drax power station, Britain’s largest CO2 emitter, is launching a trial of “negative emissions” technology. Source: Quartz Drax has six power-generating units. Until 2013, they all burned coal but three of them have since been converted to burn wood. The switch-up came after the U
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Artificial Intelligence to predict at risk trees

22 May 2018
Europe loses as many trees to storms each year as Poland produces in timber. Until now, the models for predicting which trees are at risk have not been good enough. Source: Independent UK We already appear to be seeing more frequent and intense windstorms. It’s not only commuters and
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Wooden shoes but not clogs

22 May 2018
San Francisco brand Allbirds has debuted a new pair of shoes made from from eucalyptus trees. Source: Forbes After knocking out a success with their beloved wool shoes, the brand came back with another eco-friendly option. But is it really eco-friendly and how does this shoe stack up
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Greenpeace truce with Sinarmas ends

22 May 2018
Greenpeace has ended a five-year truce with one of the world’s largest paper companies, accusing it of cutting down tropical forests in Indonesia during the entire time the two were cooperating on conservation. Source: AP News The recent announcement abruptly ends a landmark 2013 agre
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CLT blasted by US Air Force

16 May 2018
Wood Products Council, in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Lab and Softwood Lumber Board, conducted a second series of blast tests on three existing two-storey, single-bay cross-laminated timber (CLT) structures at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, USA. Source
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China and CEE countries work closer on forestry

16 May 2018
China and Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries are willing to further deepen their cooperation in the area of forestry and work together on preventing negative effects of climate change, participants of the 2nd High Level Meeting of the Coordination Mechanism for Cooperation i
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