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New wood pellet production started in the Kirov region

December 24, 2020 ` 19:28  
Biolesinvest has completed the construction of a wood pellet plant in Nagorsk (Kirov region). The enterprise has been financed by the investments of Kirov entrepreneurs and a loan from the Russian Bank for Support of Small and Medium...

Wood pellets production is growing in Russia in January-November 2020

December 17, 2020 ` 09:34  
In January — November 2020, the volume of wood pellets output in Russia grew by 7.8% YoY, reaching 1.8 million tons, as reported by Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).

Pik-Bio (Irkutsk Region, Russia) launched the second stage of the wood pellets production plant

December 15, 2020 ` 19:22  
The line’s production capacity is 12,000 tons per year. The plant used to have a single wood pellets production line with the capacity of 15,000 tons per year.

Rustrans DV exported 500 tons of wood pellets to South Korea

December 10, 2020 ` 19:24  
Rustrans DV, a Russian producer, supplied 500 tons of wood pelletes to Korea, for the total amount of $60,000, within the export contract signed with the consulting support of the Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in the...

Wood pellets production is growing in Russia 

December 8, 2020 ` 19:21  
In January — September 2020, the volume of wood pellets output in Russia grew by 6.4% YoY, reaching 1.5 million tons, as reported by Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).

The project of building a big wood pellet terminal may be implemented in the Arkhangelsk port

December 8, 2020 ` 19:17  
This opinion was shared by Sofia Katkova, Project Manager at Morstroytekhnologiya, during the Arctic Forum Week on October 20 — 23, 2020 in Arkhangelsk. According to her, the wood pellets market is growing rapidly now. They are produced...

Sea Port of Saint Petersburg JSC increased wood pellets transshipment 

December 7, 2020 ` 18:42  
In January — September 2020, Sea Port of Saint Petersburg JSC received 531,000 tons of wood pellets and loaded 502,000 tons on ships.

Pellet production in Europe increased by more than 7%

November 27, 2020 ` 18:20  
In 2019, the production of wood pellets in the EU-28 countries increased by about 5% compared to the previous year and amounted to 17.84 million tons. In other European countries, the growth rate was 17% to 4.16 million tons. According...

Swiss pellet prices increasing more rapidly in November

November 24, 2020 ` 17:07  
The pellet prices in Switzerland increased their upward trend in November. On average, they reach a value of 355.2 CHF / t (+ 0.9%) – after an increase of 0.3% to 351.9 CHF / t in October. Compared...

Russian Timber Journal 10-2020: European Union is going to conduct an anti-dumping investigation in relation to birch plywood import from Russia, EU may impose duties; interview with Ilya Korotkov, Director General at Cherepovets Plywood and Furniture Mill; Russia is consistently growing the export of larch sawn timber

Russian Timber Journal 10-2020: the European Commission reported the start of the investigation that will determine whether Russian birch plywood import is subject to dumping and whether the European Union industry was harmed; WhatWood Agency had a conversation...

German pellets slightly more expensive in November 2020

November 18, 2020 ` 18:44  
In November 2020, German pellets became somewhat more expensive on a national average. As the survey by the German Pellet Institute (DEPI) shows, the price for 1 t is € 229.82 if a quantity of 6 t is...