In Austria wood pellet prices were stable in August. According to the price survey of ProPellets Austria, prices for bulk goods in August were at € 206 per tonne, the same level they were in July.
Much earlier than last year, this year's order season for hardwood logs and sawlogs will start. Tentative orders in the last season and constraints during the log harvest due to the harsh winter of 2009/2010 have reduced wet storages at mills quickly.
The global pulp industry benefited from lower wood fiber costs and higher product prices in the 2Q/10. Wood chip and pulpwood prices fell the most in the US, Sweden, Finland, Australia and Eastern Canada. Both the softwood and hardwood wood fiber price indices (SFPI and HFPI) fell for the first time since early 2009, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.
The German wood pellet production in the 2nd quarter remained at the level of recent years. According to the most recent survey of the German Fuel Wood and Pellet Association DEPV, from April to June around 410,000 tonnes of wood pellets (previous year: 430,000 tonnes) were produced.
In 2009 the Austrian wood industry, covering the complete value chain from forest up to paper and wood products, showed a trade surplus of € 3.08 billion.
A new law for the modernization of agriculture adopted in France on July 13th affects also the forestry sector as it targets to intensify the timber mobilization in small private-owned forests.
Secondo Jean-Paul Dosière, direttore ad interim dell'agenzia NFB Ardenne citato dal quotidiano L'Union, il tornado che ha colpito l'area di Fumay il 14 luglio scorso avrebbe generato circa 50.000 mc di alberi sradicati nelle foreste demaniali e comunali
La German Pellets GmbH, il più grande produttore europeo di pellet di legno e lettiere per animali, si appresta a rifornire la Nord Reno-Westfalia (NRW) di pellet.
Nei primi cinque mesi di quest'anno, il Ghana ha esportato 166.920 metri cubi di prodotti del legno, il 3,1 per cento in piu' rispetto allo stesso periodo del 2009, per un valore equivalente a 55 milioni di dollari (+10%).
