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Rozas company to invest 260.5 million rubles into OSB production in the Perm region

May 12, 2020 ` 17:23  
The company Rozas is specializing in timber harvesting and woodworking and ready to invest 260.5 million rubles in the construction of a new line for the production of OSB from deadwood. This will increase the efficiency of processing...

Russian Federation Government has approved a list of system-forming forest industry companies and measures to support them for COVID-19 period

According to the decree of May 10, 2020 No. 651, 35 forest industry companies and 18 furniture industry companies were included in the list of backbone enterprises of the country: Forest industry companies: OAO “Arkhangel’skiy TSBK” OOO PKP...

Segezha Group is on the rise of log supply chain

May 11, 2020 ` 14:10  
At the beginning of 2020, Segezha Group acquired a sawmill asset of Karelian Wood Company, which has leased forest areas (please refer to the issue Russian Wood Resources Report 01-2020). In addition to additional 205,000 m3/y by AAC,...

Deficit in raw materials for pulp and paper production

May 7, 2020 ` 15:35  
The first echoes of the raw materials deficit in the market were felt by processors using spruce pulplogs (newsprint producers). Karelia Pulp has one month of stocks on the raw materials exchange. The company is actively buying spruce pulplogs,...

World Forest Sector during the Pandemic: China

May 6, 2020 ` 12:18  
According to the figures provided by the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) in the manufacturing sector of China rose from a record low of 35.7 in February to 52 in March....

VEB.RF sues the majority owner of Asia Les LLC

May 6, 2020 ` 11:14  
The Arbitration Court of the Khabarovsk region will entertain the lawsuit of VEB.RF state corporation against the international trading company Songling (Suifenhe) on enforcement of pledge on July 2, 2020. A 99.96% share of Asia Les LLC (sawn timber...

Russian Wood Resources Price Bulletin 04-2020 has published

May 5, 2020 ` 16:00  
Uncertainty in the timber harvest market is increasing. Interviewed WhatWood industry participants continue to maintain a moderate-downbeat mood. In February-March, mills actively bought the necessary raw materials from the market, saturating its stock exchanges. Russian particleboard, MDF, plywood...

Features of national logging

May 4, 2020 ` 16:57  
The majority of loggers of Leningrad, Kostroma, Tver, Pskov, and Kirov regions note that they have achieved the effect of getting used to nature’s indifference and “learned” to harvest and export wood in unconventional conditions of Russian winter....

In Q1 2020, plywood production in Russia declined by 6.2%

May 1, 2020 ` 16:34  
In Q1 2020, the production of plywood in Russia fell by 6.2% to 972.900 m3 yoy. The main drop was recorded in January (-12.3% m/m). 84% of all Russian plywood production is concentrated in three Federal Districts: Volga...

Russian Timber Journal 03-2020: how the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) affects operations of world timber companies; the Russian Government to slash duties on pulpwood of Far Eastern species to zero and increase export quotas by the end of 2020; Russian Forest Industry Review 2019-2020

Russian Timber Journal 03-2020: coronavirus infection was recorded in many countries of the world, the development of the situation showed that COVID-19 has a direct impact on all areas of the economy, including the timber industry — forest...

Yaroslavskaya Bumaga to modernize production

May 1, 2020 ` 17:32  
The enterprise will receive a concessional loan of 499 million rubles from the federal Industrial Development Fund. The comprehensive modernization will allow the enterprise to increase the volume of recycled waste materials from 60,000 to 100,000 tons and...

Removals of Titan Group for the winter season 2020 amounted to 1.6 million m³

April 30, 2020 ` 18:03  
Titan Group drew conclusions on the transport operations for the winter season which lasted since January 1 till April 15, 2020. Separate branches of the holding and LLC Verkhnetoemsky have removed 1.6 million m3 of timber. It was...