Timber industry research & analytics Biofuel 
WhatWood: “In Russia, the period of construction of autonomous production of wood pellets ends”
May 4, 2019 ` 12:00
At the end of April, the head of the Republic of Komi Sergey Gaplikov and the commercial Director of ”Luzales” Ruslan Semenyuk discussed the implementation of a large-scale investment project for deep processing of wood with the creation of bioenergy...
Finland: Production and imports of wood pellets reached new records in 2018
April 12, 2019 ` 14:00
More wood pellets were produced and imported in 2018 than ever before. In addition, the exports of wood pellets from Finland increased. This information is shown by the latest wood pellet statistics of the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). “A total of...
The WhatWood study: idle raw material resources allow Russia to produce 9-10 million tons of wood pellets annually
March 22, 2019 ` 17:00
On March 19, 2019, St. Petersburg hosted the annual Bioenergy Congress, where the industry participants discussed the current situation in the Russian and international markets. At the congress, Marina Zotova, Consultant of WhatWood Timber Industry Analytics Agency, presented a report...
In St. Petersburg, the largest Congress in Russia on biofuels is held
March 19, 2019 ` 16:00
From March 19 to March 20, 2019, in St. Petersburg is held “Biofuel Congress” is Russia’s largest international business event in the biofuel industry. More than forty speakers will make presentations at the conference. They will share their...
In 2023 ULK group will open advanced sawmill production
March 13, 2019 ` 19:00
In 2019, the active construction of a new plant for deep processing of wood begins in the village of Karpogory, the corporate press service reports. Since 2020 delivery of equipment and necessary equipment is planned. In 2023, an...
IMAL-PAL Group will supply equipment for wood pellet production line to South Korea
March 12, 2019 ` 14:00
In early 2019, the Italian manufacturer of machinery and equipment IMAL-PAL signed a contract with the Korean company Hanwha for the supply of equipment for a new pellet line with a capacity of 320 thousand tons per year...
UPM continues preparations for the construction of a new world-class pulp mill in Uruguay
March 7, 2019 ` 19:00
UPM sales in 2018 increased by 5% and comparative EBIT by 17%. About it reports a press-service of the company. According to UPM President and CEO Jussi Pesonen, ” 2018 was a record year for UPM. Despite the...
The US increased exports of pellets by 17 % in 2018
March 7, 2019 ` 14:00
The US exported 6.04 million metric tons of wood pellets in 2018, an increase of about 17% compared to 5.14 million metric tons exported in 2017, according to data published by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service – the...
Lesosibirsk enterprises of Segezha Group successfully passed certification audit under the program of sustainable biomass
February 28, 2019 ` 19:00
The Siberian assets of the Segezha Group (enters in AFK “System”) – JSC “Lesosibirskiy LDK No. 1” and OOO “Ksilotek-Sibir” – successfully passed the international certification Program for sustainable biomass (SBP), as reported by the press service of...
Finance Minister of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov: “This year the level of support for the development of non-resource exports increased six times, to 3.5 billion rubles”
February 15, 2019 ` 16:00
At the Russian investment forum in Sochi, which was held from February 14 to February 15, 2019, the participants of the session “Export accelerator. Learning to trade globally” discussed the implementation of the national export project. This was...
Russian Timber Journal №01-2019: the eight-year work of the existing head of Rosleskhoz was assessed as unsatisfactory; WhatWood summarizes the preliminary results of the LPK for 2018; the company “Solikamskbumprom” took a loan of 27 million euros; Segezha Group completed the design of a new pulp and paper mill in the Krasnoyarsk region; prices and volumes of production of LPK in Russia for 4Q 2017-2018
February 12, 2019 ` 14:00
Russian Timber Journal №01-2019: summed up the first results of the LPK for 2018; basic prices for round wood and lumber; prices for the products of LPK in Russia for 2017-2018; exchange rates to the US dollar from...
The Industry Development Fund will finance the RFP Group pellet project in the amount of 500 million rubles. The products will be exported to Japan and Korea
February 9, 2019 ` 14:00
The Industrial Development Fund approved a loan of LLC “RFP Drevesny granuly” in the amount of 500 million rubles, reported the press service of the company RFR Group. The project provides for the construction of a new enterprise...
