Metsä Group expands stem volume-based pricing to all felling methods
Metsä Group adopts stem volume-based pricing in regeneration felling in addition to thinning on 25 April 2024. Metsä Group no longer uses the traditional stem pricing for wood trade on regeneration felling sites. Basing the price on stem volume means trees are purchased as whole trunks, and the price paid to the forest owner is determined based on the average volume of the trees removed. How trees are cut for different upgrading purposes does not affect the price paid to the forest owner. Metsä Group has been using stem volume-based pricing in its purchases from thinning sites since