Board production resumed at the premises of an MDF plant in Yugra
August 19, 2020 ` 17:22
As the press office of the Yugra Government reports, board production has been resumed in the commissioning and start-up mode at the premises of the MDF plant in the urban-type settlement of Mortka (Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra) in...
Wood pulp production increased by 6.4% in Russia in Jan-Jul 2020
August 18, 2020 ` 17:13
According to the data of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in Jan-Jul 2020, the output of Russian wood pulp grew by 6.4% YoY to 5.1 million tons. Paper and cardboard production increased over the reporting period as...
Terneyles is to increase sawn timber production by 127.000 m3 in 2021
August 17, 2020 ` 17:55
JSC Terneyles plans to build a plant for processing small-sized wood in Plastun, according to the company’s annual report. The implementation of the investment project began in 2019. Currently, a construction permit has been received, a contract has...
Canadian sawn timber production rises sharply in May 2020
August 17, 2020 ` 17:49
Canada’s sawn timber production increased 24.7% from April 2020 to 4.36 million m³ in May 2020. Production was 18.7% lower than in May 2019, as Statistics Canada reported. Canadian sawmills shipped 4.1 million m³ of sawn timber in...
UK imports of tropical hardwood plywood from China fall 60%
August 14, 2020 ` 18:50
The UK imported 40,000 m³ of tropical hardwood faced plywood from China in Jan-May 2020, 60% less than the same period last year. UK imports of this commodity from China were at unusually high levels in 1H 2019...
Segezha PPM sets a record of paper shipments in July 2020
August 14, 2020 ` 16:30
In July 2020, Segezha Pulp and Paper Mill (Segezha Group, part of AFK Sistema) increased paper shipments by 50% YoY to 36.000 tons, the press service of Segezha Group reports. The company’s management notes that this is a...
Russian Timber Journal 07-2020: small enterprises are mastering OSB production; Russian Government gave new instructions for the development of the timber industry; Viktoria Abramchenko, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, proposes to combine the powers of forestry and timber industry in one federal body
August 14, 2020 ` 13:03
Russian Timber Journal 07-2020: small enterprises are mastering OSB production, interview with the head of Rozas LLC, an OSB production newcomer; Russian Government gave new instructions for the development of the timber industry; Viktoria Abramchenko, Russian Deputy Prime...
COVID-19 impacts revenue and earnings of the Lenzing Group in 1H 2020
August 13, 2020 ` 10:20
In 1H 2020, the Lenzing Group faced a historically difficult market environment with increased pressure on prices and volumes resulting from the COVID-19 crisis. As a result, revenue declined by 25.6% from EUR 1.09 billion to EUR 810.2...
JAF Group to close raw veneer plant in Braşov, Romania
August 12, 2020 ` 13:19
Due to the challenging market situation relating to raw veneers, the JAF Group has decided to provisionally discontinue its production of raw veneers at the Group’s J.F.Furnir plant in the Romanian city of Braşov with effect from October....
Russia – the largest supplier of sawnwood to China
August 11, 2020 ` 19:12
China’s 1H 2020 sawnwood imports totalled 13.83 million m³ valued at US$2.90 billion, a year on year decline of 64% in volume and 66% in value in 1H 2020. Most suppliers saw a sharp fall in sawnwood exports...
In 1H 2020, Russian wood pulp exports grew by 5.2%
August 10, 2020 ` 19:03
According to the Federal Customs Service of Russia, in 1H 2020, the volume of wood pulp exports increased by 5.2% YoY to 1.087 million tons. In value terms, exports fell by 19% YoY to $ 469.1 million. Over...
Russian plywood exports grew by 4.7% in 1H 2020
August 10, 2020 ` 17:49
According to the Federal Customs Service of Russia, in 1H 2020, the volume of plywood exports increased by 4.7% YoY to 1.416 million m³. At the same time, in value terms, Russian plywood supplies fell by 3.2% YoY to $ 570.2...