Ivan Luketina, New Zealand: The country is unlikely to switch to lumber exports to China
February 10, 2015 ` 14:14
New Zealand competes with Russia on the Chinese market of raw wood, although at the expense of having problems in its own forest industry. What will be the logging volume in the coming years and does the country...
Russian timber industry news #2-2015
February 10, 2015 ` 14:03
RusForest announced preliminary 2014 results: sawlog harvesting in Magistralny decreased 10.7% to 278,896 m3, compared with 312,228 m3 in 2013. For large-scale modernization of Arkhangelsk LDK-3, an increase in the allowable cut to 2 million m3 will be...
Russian timber industry news #1-2015
January 28, 2015 ` 15:51
-In 2014, Lesozavod 25 increased production of export-grade lumber by 19.36% -RusForest has engaged Hekotek to build a wood pellet plant at the Magistralny sawmill -LesResurs company opened a pellet production in the Irkutsk region -Belozersky forest enterprise...
Kommersant: Mordashov asked the President of state support in Sveza’s pulpmill project
January 23, 2015 ` 13:42
As became known to Kommersant business paper, Alexey Mordashov has asked President Vladimir Putin to support the project of his Sveza Group on creation of a pulpmill in the Vologda region worth $2 billion. The plant should become...
Happy New Year 2015!
January 1, 2015 ` 21:37
Dear colleagues, Happy New Year 2015! We wish everyone a clear perspective, stable investment climate, credible partners and energy to succeed in every project you start!
In 2014, lumber output in Arkhangelsk region remained at 1.5m m3
December 31, 2014 ` 03:43
The expected volume of wood harvesting in the Arkhangelsk region, according to the preliminary results of 2014, will be 11.5 million m3, which is slightly more than last year, said the head of the regional forestry at the...
New amendments to the legislation will facilitate collection of wastepaper
December 31, 2014 ` 03:40
The State Duma adopted amendments to the federal law “On wastes of production and consumption”, which will greatly facilitate the collection of raw materials for the production of recycled cardboard, according to the League of wastepaper processors (part...
RusForest sold Arkhangelsk assets and may consolidate with Lesresurs
December 23, 2014 ` 17:19
Swedish company RusForest announced sale of Arkhangelsk assets in Northwest Russia for approximately $31 million, including the related debt. The company executed a definitive sale and purchase agreement with several buyers, including Lesozavod 25 (Arkhangelsk, belongs to Titan...
Sveza Group: export share in Russian plywood sales grew in 2014
December 8, 2014 ` 20:05
The decline in consumption in the Russian market along with the favourable situation on export markets has led to a redistribution of trade flows, according to a message from Sveza Group. In the first half-year, domestic sales declined...
Kastamonu: MDF market capacity in Russia is estimated at 2.5 million m3
December 8, 2014 ` 20:01
Turkish company Kastamonu has presented products made at its new Russian mill located in the special economic zone “Alabuga” (Elabuga, Republic of Tatarstan). The presentation was held in the framework of the 26th international furniture exhibition “Mebel-2014” in...
Kama PPM changed ownership and intends to increase LWC paper output
December 8, 2014 ` 20:14
Kama PPM, a former asset of Investlesprom, changed its owners to the Vice-President of PIK Industry Mikhail Tyasto and the top managers of Latvian Irita-Lat, Kommersant business paper reported. The sources of the newspaper believe that the ultimate...
Mostovdrev looking for investors for furniture production
November 26, 2014 ` 05:54
Mostovdrev JSC (Belarus) is looking for an investor for the development of furniture production, said the General Director of the company Sergey Ososov. The company has completed the implementation of the investment project of MDF/HDF mill and has...
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