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Preliminary programme and first speakers of Russian Wood & Timber 2014 announced

December 19, 2013 ` 13:52  
The fifth international conference of Adam Smith Institute “Russian Wood & Timber 2014” will be held on 1-3 April 2014 in InterContinental Tverskaya hotel in Moscow. International “Russian Wood & Timber 2014” conference is the only non-state forestry...

Kama pulpmill started LWC paper production

December 13, 2013 ` 04:13  
Kama pulp and paper mill has completed the testing of the line producing light-weight coated paper and started industrial production, Kommersant-Perm paper reported. The company has been testing production since May 2013. During this time, technologists have released...

CTS Invest called off its investments into Pitkyaranta pulpmill

December 13, 2013 ` 04:09  
CTS Invest group cancelled its intention to invest €50 million in the development of Pitkyaranta pulpmill, says the Forest portal of Karelia. Previously, the company signed the agreement on repurchase of debt with the enterprise’s principal creditor, VTB...

Guangzhou to host China’s leading wood & timber fair on 12-14 May, 2014

December 5, 2013 ` 16:16  
Wood Guangzhou 2014 fair is welcoming industry players to China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex on 12-14 May, 2014. Previous edition of the fair gathered renowned companies from USA, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Latvia, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, and...

Kondopoga pulpmill stopped two lines

December 5, 2013 ` 04:23  
Kondopoga pulp and paper mill has stopped two paper machines, as said by the Forest portal of Karelia. Presently, PM3, 7, 8 and 9 are working. The mill production is loaded at 60%, spruce pulpwood stocks last week...

Rimbunan Hijau has stopped MDF production and intends to build a sawmill in Khabarovsk region

December 5, 2013 ` 04:21  
In 2013, a mill of Rimbunan Hijau Group, located in the Hor community of Khabarovsk region, has stopped production of MDF board due to declining demand and market prices, as Dalnevostochny Kapital wrote. The enterprise started operations in...

LesPromInform journal and Infobio agency held conferences at Woodex 2013

December 5, 2013 ` 04:14  
On 27-28 November 2013, LesPromInform business journal held two conferences dedicated to the markets of OSB and new glued timber products. These events were part of the exhibition Woodex 2013. Poyry specialist Alexey Beschastnov told about the Russian...

Import duty on bleached hardwood pulp will temporarily drop to zero since 1 January

November 28, 2013 ` 01:15  
The Board of Eurasian economic community (regulatory body of the Customs Union, which includes Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan) took a decision on establishment of the temporary zero import duty rate for some grades of semi-bleached and bleached hardwood...

North-Western shipping company boosted timber deliveries by 70%

November 28, 2013 ` 01:14  
During the shipping season, from 25 April to 15 November, 2013, vessels of North-Western shipping company transported 370,000 tonnes of timber cargoes, which is 70% higher than last year. Transportation from the river ports of North-West Russia to...

Astrakhan region and Iran reached a compromise on phytosanitary requirements for lumber

November 28, 2013 ` 01:12  
Exports of lumber from Russia to Iran during 2013 have been decreasing steadily due to the phytosanitary requirements of the Iranian side, as said in the message of Astrakhan region government. According to the customs data available to...

Vienna commodity exchange, North America and Russia’s OSB imports: new prices in WhatWood Weekly

November 22, 2013 ` 02:01  
In #95 WhatWood Weekly, the editorial staff has expanded once again the price section, having added softwood lumber prices on the Vienna commodity exchange, average export prices of Canadian and American lumber on the markets of East Asia...

Prosecutor General’s office to check validity of Kronospan’s chipboard mill construction in Bashkiria

November 21, 2013 ` 19:50  
The General Prosecutor’s office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia will check the validity of the chipboard mill construction in Bashkiria being implemented by Austrian company Kronospan. For several months in a row, local activists protest...