Russian timber industry news #1-2015

-In 2014, Lesozavod 25 increased production of export-grade lumber by 19.36%

-RusForest has engaged Hekotek to build a wood pellet plant at the Magistralny sawmill

-LesResurs company opened a pellet production in the Irkutsk region

-Belozersky forest enterprise launched a 10,000 t production of fuel briquettes

-In Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan), Melissa LLP company is building an OSB factory

-The Belarusian government has provided soft loans from the budget to Rechitsadrev and Borisovdrev enterprises

-Press service of the governor of the Kurgan region reported the construction of a wood processing plant in Ketovsky district worth around RUR 500 million

-Around 500,000 m3 of timber will be shipped to the site of Kastamonu Entegre in Elabuga in 2015

-The administration of the Kirov region intends to deprive three of the nine regional investment projects of priority status

-German manufacturer of furniture fittings Hettich may open a plant in Tatarstan

-For eleven months of 2014, the value of furniture exports of Belarusian concern Bellesbumprom to Russia decreased by 2.6%

-Syktyvkar Tissue Group has established a new line for the production of sanitary papers

-Russian Railways introduced a rise to the export transportation tariff

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