Timber industry research & analytics Biofuel 
Otkritie Bank opened a credit line to ULK Group of companies in the amount of $725 million
July 7, 2019 ` 16:51
The line is open for three years, until December 25, 2026. These funds will be used for current business and investment projects of ULK Group – the Russian largest timber procurement and production holding. For 2020, ULK Group plans...
U.S. wood pellet exports declined in April 2019
June 27, 2019 ` 08:17
According to data published by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service for June 6, 2019 April 2019 volumes of export of wood pellets USA decreased from 610 554,3 tons (March 2019) and reached 424 680,5 tons. Compared to levels...
The Ministry of industry and trade included the investment project of TPK “Vostok-Resurs” in the list of priorities
June 24, 2019 ` 09:15
On June 11, 2019, the Minister of industry and trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov signed the corresponding order on inclusion of the investment project of TPK “Vostok-Resurs” LLC in the list of priority projects in the...
Woodworking company from the Republic of Komi has established the supply of fuel briquettes to the European Union
Azimut LLC is a new timber enterprise, which replaced the former Troitsko-Pechorsk forestry. The company is implementing a priority investment project in the field of forest development “Creation of a timber processing plant for deep processing of wood”....
$10 million will be invested in the construction of a pellet plant in Buryatia
The government of Buryatia on June 14, 2019 the Head of the Republic of Buryatia Alexey Tsydenov and the General Director of Monpellet U. Ankhbileg signed an agreement on cooperation in the sphere of development of fuel and...
Ivan Klyuchnikov, CEO of Altailes: “The maximum effect in business can only be achieved by the full utilization of available resources”
June 13, 2019 ` 12:55
Ivan Klyuchnikov, CEO of Altailes, told the WhatWood Agency about the group’s priority projects and shared his vision of promising and profitable areas of the forest sector. – How do you think the timber industry in Russia has...
Russian Timber Journal 05-2019: WhatWood interview with CEO of Altailes; Causes of dropping prices for Russian plywood; Wood product exports hit by US tariffs; Rosleskhoz supported distant monitoring of forests; WhatWood’s study of Russian forest products exports and imports for 4 years; Sawmill profit margins fell substantially in North America
June 11, 2019 ` 11:30
Russian Timber Journal 05-2019: WhatWood interview with CEO of Altailes; Causes of dropping prices for Russian plywood; Wood product exports hit by US tariffs; Rosleskhoz supported distant monitoring of forests; WhatWood’s study of Russian forest products exports and...
The plant for the production of torrefied pellets will be built in the Novgorod region
June 10, 2019 ` 13:55
The agreement on the implementation of the investment project for the construction of a plant of torrefied pellets was signed on June 6, 2019, by Governor Andrei Nikitin and General Director of Sila Prirodu LCC Leonid Kondrashov. Under...
An investment project worth over 522 million rubles is being implemented in the Ryazan region
June 6, 2019 ` 11:45
During a working trip to Sasovsky district, the Governor of the Ryazan region Nikolai Lyubimov got acquainted with the work of Toplivnue technologies LLC. The investment project for the creation of a new logging and wood processing enterprise...
New pellet plant started in the Arkhangelsk region
May 27, 2019 ` 13:30
As noted by Kirill Khudyakov, head of pellet production group of companies “Region-Les”: “the plant consists of four sections: feeding and grinding, drying, pressing and pelletizing”. The launch of the new pellet plant closes the full cycle of...
The Russian company will supply a equipment for processing low-quality wood into liquid biofuel to Germany
May 26, 2019 ` 20:00
EnergoLesProm LLC, 100% daughter of ELP Group LLC, the portfolio company of Fund of sowing investments of RVC, signed the first export contract for delivery to Germany of installation of fast pyrolysis FPP02 for processing of low-quality wood...
In the Vologda region, three investment projects for the development of forests are recommended for completion
May 21, 2019 ` 17:45
According to Roman Markov, head of the Department of the forest complex of the Vologda region, the company “Nikolsky les” fulfilled its obligations to create capacities for deep processing of wood. The volume of investments in the project...
