Russian Timber Journal 12-2020: Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki, on the implications of the roundwood export ban being introduced from 2022 onwards; Luzales plans to build an MDF plant worth 5 billion rubles; the Ministry of Industry and Trade may introduce a temporary ban on the export of particleboards from Russia; analysis of the current situation in the particleboard, laminated particleboard, MDF market
Russian Timber Journal 12-2020: WhatWood interviewed Mr. Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki, about the ban on the export of unprocessed timber to be introduced from 2022; Luzales agreed on the conditions for the construction of an MDF plant in the Vladimir region; the Ministry of Industry and Trade may introduce a temporary ban on the export of particleboards from Russia; The Russian market is currently witnessing an increase in demand for wood-based panels: particleboards, laminated particleboards, MDF
Featured Article:
— Analysis of the current situation in the particleboard, laminated particleboard, MDF market
— Interview with Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki
— The Ministry of Industry and Trade may introduce a temporary ban on the export of particleboards from Russia
— Luzales plans to build an MDF plant worth 5 billion rubles
Global Timber Markets News:
— Roundwood prices rise in Finland
— Stora Enso divests forest holdings in southern Sweden
— Fiskarhedens Trävaru partners with Skogforsk
— The global forest industry rides out of a tumultuous year
— Norbord to restart OSB mill in Canada
— US lumber continues to rise in price
— Tropical hardwood imports held steady in October 2020 in U.S.
— Metrie acquires Pacific MDF Products Inc. and Canadian MDF Products Company
— US cuts anti-dumping duties on 21 Chinese plywood enterprises
— HS Timber Group to build EUR 84 million sawmill in Belarus
— Idaho Forest Group invests $120 million in new US sawmill
— Timberlink chooses SA for new CLT and GLT plant
— UFP Industries acquires PalletOne
— Binderholz acquires Klausner Lumber Two
— Södra to divest Trivselhus to Svensk Husproduktion
— In October 2020, new home construction in Japan decreased by 3.7% YoY to 70.8 thousand units. Wooden housing construction decreased by 4.3% YoY to 43.4 thousand units.
— In December 2020, prices for pellets in Switzerland have decreased
— U.S. export of wood pellets tops 6.03 million metric tons\$820.05 million in January-October 2020
— German pellets slightly more expensive in December 2020
— Austria pellet prices decreased in December 2020
— Highland Pellets Closes $135 Million Capital Partnership with Orion Energy Partners
— Enviva announces first wood pellet shipment to Japan
— SCA increases the price on bleached softwood kraft pulp, NBSK, to $ 960 per tonne
— Mayr-Melnhof Karton to acquire Kotkamills
— Södra to raise price of NBSK to $960/tonne
— Spain’s Ence closes sale of majority stake in 50-MW CSP plant at home
— Sonoco-Alcore to increase paperboard prices in the EMEA region
— Valmet supplies machine vision to Stora Enso’s more sustainable barrier coating process
— Valmet to supply new flash drying and baling line and CTMP rebuild to SCA Ortviken mill in Sweden
— Stora Enso to invest €80m at Imatra Mills
— Paper Excellence invests $13M in upgrades for Port Alberni paper mill
— Euro Graph: demand for magazine paper falls in Europe in October 2020
— Norske Skog Saugbrugs receives support to build demo-plant for production of biocomposite
— UPM Biochemicals grows lignin business with new Domtar supply agreement
— Södra invests in CLT research
— Borregaard receives NOK 15.7 million in research funding for biochemical project
— Metsä Spring and Valmet begin construction of the 3D fibre product pilot plant
— Kimball International announces closing of Poppin Acquisition
— Japan reduced office furniture import in September 2020
— Nobia continues preparations for investment in highly automated production plant in Sweden
Russian News:
— The Government considered a bill banning incomplete and periodic timber customs declarations
— The Russian Ministry of Natural Resources published new rules for timber harvesting, reforestation, forest tending and requirements for forest declarations
— The Duma passed the bill on LesEGAIS in the first reading
— Segezha Group and Roslesinforg signed a cooperation agreement
— Titan Group has expanded the area of FSC certifed forests
— IDF to provide Ugra Timber Holding with 46 million rubles for the modernization of its production
— A plywood plant with a capacity of 60,000 m³ per year to open in the Kemerovo region
— Sveza and Leroy Merlin agreed on direct supplies of plywood
— Hasslacherles’s investment project is included in the federal priority list
— Russia reduced the production of wood-based panels in January-November 2020
— Sveza modernized its production facilities in Uralsky
— Tilia in Perm to invest 100 million rubles in the production of furniture boards by 2023
— The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia added three new investment projects of the Irkutsk Region to the priority list
— Rosstat: Russia reduced output of sawn timber by 4.3% over January–November 2020
— Murashinskiy Plywood Plant started producing laminated plywood
— Luzales agreed on the conditions for the construction of an MDF plant in the Vladimir region
— Segezha Group signed Investment Protection and Promotion Agreements (IPPAs)
— Sistema JSFC acquires Sibirsky Les
— Wood pulp production increased by 6.7% in Russia in January-November 2020
— Segezha Group to start the production of paper packaging in the Moscow region
— Eco Pack Ural LLC to invest 752 million rubles in the construction of corrugated cardboard plant
— Segezha Group produced a large-sized CLT panel weighing about 9.5 tons
— Onega Sawmills shipped the first container train loaded with sawn timber
— Sveza in Uralsky increased its product shipment capacities
— Wood pellet production to be started in the Irkutsk region with the support of the IDF
— Region-Les started the production of wood pellets in Arkhangelsk
— The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposes to develop the mechanism of preferential mortgages for wooden housing construction
— The Ministry of Industry and Trade may introduce a temporary ban on the export of particleboards from Russia
— Pervaya Mebelnaya Fabrika started the production of doors
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