Biofuel

Region-Les has started the construction of a wood pellet workshop, its design production capacity is 80,000 tons per year. Production start-up is scheduled for November 2020. The next phases provide for the creation of a sawmill with a...

The Russian Government hopes to reduce the number of wood waste landfills in the country by encouraging exports of wood pellets and briquettes that can be used as biofuel. That was announced by the press office of the...

The Industrial Development Fund (IDF) has approved a loan of 99 million rubles to VTK Invest LLC (Jewish Autonomous Region, Russia), the press service of the IDF reports. With its help, the company plans to launch the production...

The volume of wood pellet production in Russia in January-July 2020 increased by 17.6% YoY to 1.1 million tons, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) reports.

Russian Timber Journal 07-2020: small enterprises are mastering OSB production, interview with the head of Rozas LLC, an OSB production newcomer; Russian Government gave new instructions for the development of the timber industry; Viktoria Abramchenko, Russian Deputy Prime...

The half-year volume of wood pellets soared year-on-year by 45% since the beginning of the year: the port has handled 300 000 tonnes of biofuel. Exporters were able significantly enlarge their shiploads thanks to recent modernization of the...

The pellet prices in Switzerland are rising more clearly in August 2020. On average, they reached a value of CHF 350.4 / t (+ 1.9%) as compared to July 2020. The ups and downs that began in May are now...

In response to the growing market demand for high-quality and up-to-date information, WhatWood Timber Industry Analytics Agency has launched Russian Wood Pellet Market, a monthly price review. «The global market of wood pellets is growing at an average...

An European Union wide demand for 30.8 million metric tons of pellets is forcasted for 2020 by an annual report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agriculture Information Network. In 2019 the consumption reached 29.1 million...

VTB Bank provided Solomensky Lesozavod LLC a loan in the amount of RUB 376 million for a period of three years, reports “Interfax-North-West” with reference to VTB. The interest rate for using the loan has not been specified....

Despite the corona crisis, in 1H 2020, Germany produced 1.502 million tonnes of wood pellets, thus breaking a new record. The German Energy Wood and Pellet Association eV (DEPV) justifies this with the increasing demand for climate-friendly fuel...

The coronavirus situation slowed down some activities but the work at company’s plants never stopped, Valentin Rozhok, Director General at Luzales LLC, reports. “We are continuing construction and startup of new facilities. An area for dry sawn timber...