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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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The development of timber industry cluster in Vologda region will require additional assistance of the Forestry Agency and establishment of fast-growing wood plantations for the new pulp and paper mill, said the governor of the region Oleg Kuvshinnikov...

In 2014, in most regions of the so-called heavy-forested zone of Russia several thousand enterprises will close, as said in the Greenpeace Russia Forestry Forum release. The reason for this forecast was the situation at the enterprise Svetlozerskles...