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Ilim Timber to report on the Chinese market at the conference co-hosted by LPI and WhatWood

September 14, 2015 ` 22:59  
One of the leaders in Russian woodworking, Ilim Timber holding, 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...

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...

LespromInform and WhatWood agency to hold a timber conference in St. Petersburg

July 23, 2015 ` 20:16  
The magazine “LesPromInform” and WhatWood timber industry analytics agency present the conference “Searching for growth points in the timber industry of Russia”. September 29th, 2015 Conference: 11.00 – 18.00. Registration starts at 10.30. Saint-Petersburg Key topics of the...

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,...

Russian softwood lumber prices continue to fall on global markets

June 18, 2015 ` 15:11  
During January-April 2015, the price of Russian softwood lumber fell by 23% (yoy) to an average of $134 per cubic metre (average price on the Russian border). The volume of exports increased by 4% (yoy) to 7.3 million...

Russian timber industry news #9-2015

June 4, 2015 ` 00:22  
– LesInvest and Russian Timber Group signed a cooperation agreement, under which will work together to attract investments to Russia, develop technologies and organizational solutions, designed to improve the competitiveness of enterprises, and cooperate in solving environmental problems....

Russian timber industry news #8-2015

May 13, 2015 ` 15:20  
– At the meeting of Karelia governor Alexander Khudilainen with the Managing Director of the American company Development & Investment LLC Charles Munger the parties signed a cooperation agreement providing for the construction of a housing factory. –...