The Hornbach Group, one of Europe's largest operators of DIY megastores with garden centers, can report pleasing sales growth in spite of the recession in 2009. Based on preliminary figures published today, in the past financial year (March 1, 2009 to February 28, 2010) the Hornbach Holding AG Group boosted its net sales by 3.7% to Euro 2,853 million (previous year: Euro 2,752 million). Notwithstanding the insecure economic climate, the Group thus met its forecast of generating low to medium…
Sales of framing lumber kicked into gear late Wednesday. After a weak close to the March futures contract on Monday, gains in the May contract were one catalyst for the increased activity in cash...
Over the period 16th – 28th Feb, prices for logs were
relatively stable. However Greenheart standard sawmill
quality logs and Purpleheart fair sawmill quality logs
recorded price increases...
Peru’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Martin
Perez has reportedly said that while the Peru/EU FTA is
due to be signed in May this year, the agreement would
only become effective in two years time...
The regional office of the Brazilian Institute of
Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) in Pará has
identified over 150 ‘ghost’ companies trading timber and
other forest products...
Indonesia, together with Australia, has launched an A$30
million reforestation project in Sumatra in a bid to address
greenhouse gas emissions and introduce a carbon-trading
scheme under the REDD programme...
