Biofuel

Segezha Group has begun a full upgrade of equipment at Onega LDK, the Company’s wood-processing asset in Arkhangelsk region. The project will be completed over a period of 2.5 years and will receive investment totaling more than RUB...

Segezha Group, a leading Russian vertically integrated holding company in the forest industry performing a full cycle of operations from logging to advanced wood processing, is continuing the construction of a pellet production facility to turn by-products and...

In 1H 2021, the volume of wood pellets output in Russia grew by 16.5% YoY, reaching 1.066 million tons, as reported by Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).

Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven: “Lockdown created the necessary conditions for the digital business”; the European Commission approved for 6 months the introduction of preliminary anti-dumping duties on birch plywood from Russia; the...

The pellet prices in Switzerland increased in July 2021 their downward trend from the previous month slightly. On average the reached 329 CHF/t (-0,5%) – after a minus of 0,2% to 330,6 CHF/t in June. Compared to Juli...

SBP certification is one of the leading industry initiatives of major European energy companies using biomass pellets as fuel in large thermal power stations. The certificate enables Kraslesinvest to sell wood pellets to large energy producers in European...

In January-May 2021, the volume of wood pellets output in Russia grew by 17.6% YoY, reaching 874,000 tons, as reported by Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).

Russian Timber Journal 05-2021: Vadim Vodolazko, General Director of Schmidt & Olofson: “According to our estimates, 10-15% of harvested timber is lost en route from the forest log depot to the mill log yard”; information on preliminary anti-dumping duties...

According to the Federal Customs Service, wood pellets export from Russia in 1Q 2021 increased by 21.9% YoY to 527,200 tons. The main buyers of Russian pellets in January 2021 were: Denmark — 205,700 tons (+21.4%), Belgium —...

Balcas operates a sawmill in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, producing quality sawn timber products for the fencing, landscaping, agricultural, construction, and pallet and packaging sectors. The company also operates two renewable energy plants at Enniskillen and Invergordon,...

In January-April 2021, the volume of wood pellets output in Russia grew by 19.9% YoY, reaching 706,000 tons, as reported by Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).

Russian Timber Journal 04-2021: WhatWood agency about possible scenarios of Russia’s unprocessed wood balance after imposing a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs; Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy in the Far East, declared that...