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Russian timber industry news #21-2015

November 27, 2015 ` 18:20  
– RusForest announced preliminary Q3 2015 production and sales results. Sales to the Japanese market grew, and prices increased slightly, however, overall sales volumes of both sawnwood and sawlogs decreased due to sustained unfavorable market conditions in the...

Russian timber industry news #20-2015

November 14, 2015 ` 13:36  
– Lesozavod 25 (Sawmill 25) has signed a contract for the supply of Springer and Linck equipment and modernization of the sorting and sawing line at the LDK-3 mill in Arkhangelsk. – The second phase of the Egger...

Russian timber industry news #19-2015

October 22, 2015 ` 17:52  
– On 25 September 2015, the opening of the first Russian plant of the German company PERI was held in Noginsk, near Moscow. PERI is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of formwork and scaffolding. The mill will...

Russian timber industry news #18-2015

October 5, 2015 ` 13:49  
– The Ministry of economic development has decided to ban the export of wastepaper from Russia for four months, as well as to reduce the rate of import duty on coated paper down to 5% for 1.5 years....

Finnish Institute of Natural Resources LUKE to report at the conference co-hosted by LPI and WhatWood

September 16, 2015 ` 15:00  
LUKE will participate in the conference “Timber industry of Russia: searching of growth points”, co-organized by the LesPromInform business journal and WhatWood timber industry analytic agency with the support of Restec exhibition company. The event will be held...

Russian timber industry news #17-2015

September 14, 2015 ` 22:44  
– RusForest announces plans to develop harvesting operations in its Ust-Ilimsk forest lease areas. The company has recently been subcontracting forest lease areas in Ust-Ilimsk for harvesting by third party. While the subcontracted volumes have been successfully increased,...

Russian timber industry news #15\16-2015

August 3, 2015 ` 19:24  
– Arkhangelsk LDK-3 sawmill (part of Titan Group, previously owned by RusForest) increased the production of wood pellets by 63% to 31,000 tonnes in the first half-year. – Belarus has extended the licensing of imports of certain types...

Russian timber industry news #14-2015

July 30, 2015 ` 15:42  
– In January-June 2015, Lesozavod 25 increased processing of sawlogs by 6.8% to 558,000 m3. – The Swedish company Valutec is currently carrying out the final stage of 11 drying kilns delivery for the Russian enterprise “Asia-Les” based...

Russian timber industry news #13-2015

July 19, 2015 ` 18:07  
– By the end of 2014, Volga pulpmill (Balakhna, Nizhny Novgorod region) has produced 494,700 tonnes of newsprint, which is 10.3% less than in 2013. The selling price has increased from 16,305 roubles per tonne in 2013 to...

Russian timber industry news #12-2015

July 1, 2015 ` 20:27  
– On 5 June 2015, Arkhangelsk PPM started the equipment of the new hemicellulose plant in the start-up & commissioning mode. The technology used for this production is one of the variations of kraft cooking process. – Martin...

Russian timber industry news #11-2015

June 18, 2015 ` 15:23  
– At the end of May 2015, several investment agreements were signed at the third economic forum “Vladimir region: local centre of import substitution”, including the one on the construction of an MDF mill in Murom on Siempelkamp...

Russian timber industry news #10-2015

June 10, 2015 ` 16:14  
– Zabaikalsky region governor Konstantin Ilkovsky has visited the site of priority investment project TsPK Polyarnaya. According to the regional authorities, the project is going on schedule. The project will comprise three stages. – On 18 May 2015,...