Two biggest single-project awards fund curved glulam output and wood-fibre foam capacity.
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Higher lumber prices lifted results, but logistics constraints cut shipments and increased inventories.
The analysis compares three wood-based synthetic methanol pathways and finds gasification uses less electricity and costs less, while EU RFNBO definitions credit combustion pathways more fully than gasification.
Price for recycled pulp exported from Thailand downed 4%.
Price for wood chips exported from Thailand grew 14%.
Price for MDF panels exported from Thailand slipped 5%.
Hardwood lumber, millwork and plywood prices also increased.
Weekly decline of $2 follows flat movement from both prior week and month-ago levels.
Compared with the previous month, production was down 18%.
Price for logs exported from Brazil increased 10%.
Price for wood furniture exported from Brazil decreased 11%.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 10%.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 5%.
Price for plywood exported from Brazil increased slightly 0.5%.
Price for bleached hardwood kraft pulp exported from Brazil declined only 0.6%.
Price for lumber exported from Brazil upped 1.6%.
Exports of wood chips from Chile rose 3%.
Price for plywood exported from Chile slipped 1.6%.
Price for bleached hardwood kraft pulp exported from Chile upped 3%.
Price for bleached softwood kraft pulp exported from Chile grew 5%.