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US softwood lumber prices rise further

October 8, 2021 ` 15:50  
As the end of September approached, the demand and sales of construction framing dimension softwood lumber commodities improved significantly, enough for prices to rise somewhat. This is an unusual time of year, after Labour Day, for solid wood...

Segezha Group Has Shipped Products through Singapore for the First Time

October 6, 2021 ` 18:08  
Segezha Group has started commercial activities through its representative office in Singapore, Segezha International Pte. Ltd. The new company sells the entire range of the Group’s products directly to customers in the region: kraft paper, industrial and consumer...

Segezha Group completes consolidation of ownership of Novoeniseisk Wood Chemical Complex

October 1, 2021 ` 18:16  
Segezha Group announces that Lesosibirsk LDK (a Segezha Group company) has exercised an option agreement with Non-core assets Bank “Trust” for the acquisition of a majority stake in Tegli Holdings Ltd (the parent company of Novoeniseisk Wood Chemical...

Russian Forest Federal Agancy: the ban on exporting unprocessed logs may affect the activity of 4,000 organizations

September 28, 2021 ` 08:01  
As of January 1, 2022, unprocessed and roughly processed softwood and precious hardwood logs may no longer be exported from the Russian territory. This ban will affect the activity of around 4,000 organizations that were involved in timber...

Kronospan is purchasing an area within Ufimsky industrial park for 133.8 million rubles

September 27, 2021 ` 08:18  
On August 2, 2021, the Commercial Court of Bashkiria compelled Development Corporation of the Republic of Bashkortostan to sign a purchase and sale contract for lands in Kirillovo Selsovet, Ufimsky District, Bashkiria, with Kronospan Bashkortostan, as reported by...

A plant with a full wood processing cycle is being built in the Tyumen Region

September 24, 2021 ` 21:32  
The investment project on timber harvesting and wood processing in the Isetsky District is being implemented by TekhnoModel LLC, as reported by the local mass media. By the end of 2021, a wood pellets production line is supposed...

Solomensky Sawmill LLC will increase sawn timber output by 30%

September 24, 2021 ` 21:26  
This is reported by the official web portal of Karelia. The investment will reach 2.5 billion rubles. This project is on the list of priority investment projects in the forest sector. It involves upgrading sawmilling assets and increasing...

A big OSB production venue will open in the Krasnoyarsk Region

September 24, 2021 ` 19:25  
Angara Les LLC will start producing OSB in Kodinsk, as reported by Interfax Real Estate quoting the company’s Director, Sergey Tarasyuk. 3.1 billion rubles will be invested in this project with the production capacity of 100,000 m³ of...

Igorevsky DOK restored the lamination line

September 23, 2021 ` 20:22  
Kronospan invested 226 million rubles in restoring the lamination line at Igorevsky DOK located in the Kholm-Zhirkovsky District of the Smolensk Region. Peter Kindl, the owner of Kronospan Group, had previously declared his intention to invest 1.5 billion...

VTB Bank gave Uvadrev-Holding LLC a loan of 7.3 billion rubles

September 23, 2021 ` 20:15  
VTB Bank opened a line of credit to Uvadrev-Holding LLC — one of the biggest companies in Udmurtia’s wood processing industry. The loan of over 7.3 billion rubles is issued for the term of up to 10 years...

In September 2021, US sawn timber prices increased 7% compared to the previous month

September 23, 2021 ` 13:44  
According to Madison’s Lumber Reporter, in the week ending September 10, 2021 the wholesaler price of benchmark softwood timber commodity item Western S-P-F KD 2×4 #2&Btr was $480 ($311/m³). This is up by +$50, or +12%, from the...

U.S. single-family housing starts decline further in August 2021

September 22, 2021 ` 20:51  
Overall housing starts advanced 3.9% MoM to a rate of 1.615 million units in August 2021. Data for July was revised up to a rate of 1.554 million units from the previously reported 1.534 million units. Housing starts...

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WhatWood agency is the only Russian consulting company with core specialization in the timber industry analytics. Within five years of timber market research we have provided services to 130 clients in 15 countries from Finland to Canada, from UK to Korea: industrial companies, banks, investors, government agencies, scientific organizations, and individual entrepreneurs. We have unique contact and knowledge base, as well as deep understanding of the regional industry and market in Russia. We give presentations at major industry events and are cited by the main Russian business media. To get in touch with us, please visit the About Us page. You can also browse the catalogue of our products.