Biofuel

In 2021, the volume of wood pellets output in Russia grew by 17.8% YoY, reaching 2.379 million tons, as reported by Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).

In 2021, continued increasing handling of wood pellets. It rose by 15% YoY to 777,000 tonnes, reports the Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg.

Russian Timber Journal 11-2021: Metin Mete, General Manager at HAYAT Russia: “The whole market of paper tissue products is growing by an average of 5% a year”; U.S. has decided to almost double the duties on Canadian softwood lumber...

In January-November 2021, the volume of wood pellets output in Russia grew by 13.5% YoY, reaching 2.168 million tons, as reported by Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).

Vologodsky Les intends to invest 3.5 billion rubles in upgrading its plywood production site and creating new timber processing facilities, as reported by the official web portal of the Government of the Vologda Region. The investment project received...

A granulating press in the pelletizing shop of the wood pellet plant at Ustyanovsky LPK was upgraded. New bearings developed by a special order from ULK Group were installed. Their application will significantly extend the service life of...

In January-October 2021, the volume of wood pellets output in Russia grew by 19.1% YoY, reaching 1.953 million tons, as reported by Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).

According to the Federal Customs Service of Russia, in January-September 2021, the export volume of wood pellets from Russia increased by 6.8% YoY to 1.763 million tons. The main buyers of Russian pellets for the reporting period were: Denmark...

Lesosibirsk Sawmills and Woodworking Plant (LDK No.1), part of Segezha Group, has signed a contract with AS Hekotek, Estonia, for supplying a set of equipment for its pellet production facility. The launch of the facility is planned for...

The European certification system issued EN Plus certificate to the product by the wood pellet plant of Promtech-Invest (Komi), which enables the company to export biofuel to European countries. The wood pellet production line at the premises of...

The company reports that the new rotary sieve and turnover device improved the quality of shipped product and accelerated wood pellet loading in containers. Upon completion of startup and commissioning, the equipment is running at full capacity.

In January – August 2021, wood pellet production capacities of Russian enterprises were expanded by a total of 160,000 t. By the most optimistic forecasts that take into account all the announced projects and those under construction by...