The statistics released by the American Forest and Paper Association show paper and pulp companies are increasingly supplying a global market for recycled paper products. That number includes 'post-consumer' paper products, such as newsprint, tissues or office paper as well as waste from paper mills. was recycled last year, and an increasing portion of paper and paperboard is being exported to China, the paper industry's trade group said Monday. The paper industry association said 53. Stan...

Although the international market is hurting the state's timber industry, it is a necessary aspect of the business, said Gregory Cook, assistant state forester. It was only a little more than a year ago that the state's timber industry was setting new production records. But the shift from oak to other kinds of wood is just one factor affecting the state's timbering industry today, Dye said. A final factor is that one of the state industry's primary market has shifted in recent years, Dye said.

More than 100 forest managers, researchers, policymakers, foresters, forest owners, industry officials and others will meet in Duluth this week to see whether there are new ways to increase forest productivity -- to grow and cut more trees on the same amount of land. Forest Industry Seeks to Boost Productivity - Science - RedOrbit. Those issues and more have combined to cause plant closings, temporary shutdowns and continued worries across the industry. There's competition from around the...

Senator Brown said Judge Shane Marshall last year found logging at the 10,000 hectare Wielangta Forest, about 50km north of Hobart, was illegal because it threatened endangered species, such as the stag beetle, Tasmania's wedge tailed eagle and the swift parrot. Senator Brown said Judge Shane Marshall last year found logging at the 10,000 hectare Wielangta Forest, about 50km north of Hobart, was illegal because it threatened endangered species, such as the stag beetle, Tasmania's wedge...

The planer mills will continue to operate at those operations. Canfor has already cut production at its mills by 100 million board feet this year, also a reaction to poor markets, as well as transportation issues from the CN strike in February. The forest sector has been hit by a combination of poor lumber and OSB prices, as well as a high Canadian dollar and a 15-per-cent export tax. Canfor's sawmill in Mackenzie will be down for another two weeks starting March 26, and continue its...

Senator Brown said the federal Government was to be complimented for halting the importation of tropical rainforest timber because such logging threatened rare creatures like the orang-utan with extinction in Indonesia. Turnbull 'a hypocrite' on logging. A spokeswoman for Mr Turnbull said the 1997 regional forest agreement between the federal and Tasmanian governments continued to provided a sound basis for protection of endangered species and the environment. But Senator Brown said the...

The main reason there were not any shifts in the industrial side of the softwood market is because the market already has found sellers resistance levels. The Western grade softwood market has behaved in very hit-and-miss fashion so far this year, and the grade market has not yet begun its traditional spring upturn. This has kept industrial grades of softwood in abundant supply. Industrial softwood pricing has been very steady despite supply-demand fundamentals that would seem to point the...

Land owners, timber producers and sawmills are suffering as prices for pine saw timber declined dramatically in 2006; consumers are enjoying the best lumber prices from their local hardware stores in more than 18 months. Land Owners, Timber Producers and Sawmill Owners Caught in Squeeze; Consumers Benefit. At the same time, the data shows that consumers are enjoying the best lumber prices from their local hardware stores in more than 18 months, according to Forest2Market, inc. (F2M), a...

The nation's 504 million acres of timberland, home to wildlife and the source of everything from deck frames to copy paper, have been the focus of a massive multi-year auction, the outcome of which is set to change the rules for wood companies and conservationists alike. The nation's 504 million acres of timberland, home to wildlife and the source of everything from deck frames to copy paper, have been the focus of a massive multi-year auction, the outcome of which is set to change the...