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Sveza to build a greenfield pulpmill in Vologda region

October 16, 2013 ` 04:16  
Sveza Group and the government of Vologda region have signed the agreement on implementation of an investment project. The project involves construction of kraft pulp mill on public-private partnership principles. Total investments into the construction of the mill...

It’s “only” wood – the underestimated explosion hazards in wood handling facilities

October 16, 2013 ` 04:14  
What makes wood material and wood handling processes so special in terms of explosion hazards? This question can be answered quite simply, considering requirements of dust explosion phenomenon: combustible dust, air/oxygen and effective ignitions sources. Nearly all wood...

Polish furniture exports to Russia to exceed €200 million in 2013

October 11, 2013 ` 12:40  
The Polish furniture exports to Russia are expected to exceed €200 million in 2013, as Fordaq reported quoting Polish media. In 2009, Poland delivered to Russia furniture worth €90 million, while in 2012 this value reached €166 million....

WhatWood: Russia’s forest industry Top 100 profit margin declined to 1.38% in 2012

In 2012, joint net sales of the 100 largest Russian forest industry companies that participated in the WhatWood rating declined by 0.87% to RUR 279.68 billion. Joint net profit of 94 companies of the rating who disclosed this...

Russian government approved Forestry Policy

October 2, 2013 ` 04:17  
The final draft of the “Fundamentals of State Policy in the field of use, protection and reproduction of forests” was adopted by the Russian government at the session of September 23, as the Minister of natural resources and...

Ukrainian bioenergy complex could attract €6 billion of private investments

October 2, 2013 ` 04:13  
According to the Analytic centre of EIG Engineering, construction of power plants working on solid biofuels in Ukraine can attract over €6 billion of investments. Calculations are based on the fact that already available amount of unclaimed solid...

Baikal pulpmill stopped production

September 26, 2013 ` 04:44  
Baikal pulp and paper mill has stopped production. According to the bankruptcy supervisor Alexander Ivanov, conservation of the enterprise is now being prepared. “In the near future the project of dismantling some of the buildings of the mill...

EIG Engineering: Ukraine needs a programme for attracting investments in bioenergy

September 26, 2013 ` 04:38  
According to the analytic centre of EIG Engineering, wood resources for bioenergy power plants in Ukraine amount to about 4 million tonnes annually. In terms of calorific value of coal, this resource is estimated at 1.9 million tonnes...

WhatWood: Reduction of roundwood customs duties increased hardwood exports from Russia

September 26, 2013 ` 04:17  
Following the results of the first half-year of 2013, the volume of roundwood export from Russia increased by 3.3% compared to the first half of 2012 up to 8.4 million m3 (excluding the countries of Customs Union, e.g....

LIK re-launched former UPM’s sawmill in Pestovo

September 19, 2013 ` 00:49  
Lesnaya Innovacionnaya Kompaniya (LIK, Forest innovative company) re-launched production of sawn timber at the former factory of UPM in Pestovo, Novgorod region. The company intends to invest RUR 1.2 billion into production upgrades. The investor will use both...

Swiss Krono Group signed an agreement on OSB mill construction in Perm region

September 19, 2013 ` 00:46  
Perm region governor Viktor Basargin announced signing of agreement with Swiss Krono Group on the construction of a woodworking mill, as Kommersant-Perm paper reported. The rated production capacity was increased from initially planned 500 to 600 thousand tonnes...

Experts discussed prospects of forest industry at the summit in Novosibirsk

September 19, 2013 ` 00:44  
Novosibirsk hosted the international summit “Experience of the leading European companies in the wood processing industry” on September 10-13 in the framework of the International exhibition TEKHNODREV Siberia. The representative of the Finnish consulting company Indufor Allan Flink...