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Russian customs officers stopped the illegal sale of valuable timber to China in the amount of more than $11.5 million

May 13, 2019 ` 13:30  
Employees of law enforcement units of the Federal customs service of Russia, together with the Federal security service of Russia and the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia exposed a group of people who organized in the Primorsky...

In the Pestovskiy timber industry complex it will launch a line for the cutting of thick timber

May 12, 2019 ` 12:30  
All mechanical and electrical work completed, the press service of the GC “ULK”. In Мay 2019, the employees of the complex will start commissioning, after which the Brenta sawmill will reach its full capacity. Recall that the total...

In Q1 2019, Belarusian enterprises produced import-substituting products worth $135.4 million

May 11, 2019 ` 13:30  
Enterprises of the concern “Bellesbumprom” in the first quarter increased production of import-substituting products by 9.1%. In January-March 2019, 25 organizations of the concern produced import-substituting products for $ 135.4 million, which is 9.1 % more than in...

In 2018, sales of products of RFP Group amounted to more than $200 million

May 8, 2019 ` 14:00  
In an interview with WhatWood, Dmitry Valtfogel, CEO of RFP Group, said: “In 2018, we sold more than 200 thousand m3 of peeled veneer, more than 100 thousand m3 of sawn timber from high quality raw materials and...

In the Kostroma region they will create a new wood processing plant

May 5, 2019 ` 12:00  
In the administration of the Kostroma region, it was decided to transfer the unused land plot of the Antropovsky district to the category of industrial land. On the site it is planned to build a new wood processing...

WhatWood: “In Russia, the period of construction of autonomous production of wood pellets ends”

May 4, 2019 ` 12:00  
At the end of April, the head of the Republic of Komi Sergey Gaplikov and the commercial Director of  ”Luzales” Ruslan Semenyuk discussed the implementation of a large-scale investment project for deep processing of wood with the creation of bioenergy...

By 2023 Metsä Group will invest about €2 billion in the development of business projects for wood processing

May 3, 2019 ` 16:00  
Metsä Group continues to implement its strategy and begins preliminary development of engineering projects related to the construction of a new plant for the production of biological products in Kemi and a new sawmill in Rauma in Finland,...

Head of Rosleskhoz: “The quality of reforestation will change for the better”

May 2, 2019 ` 13:00  
About this informed the head of the Federal forestry Agency Ivan Valentik in an interview on the TV channel “RBC”. “The area of forests in the Russian Federation is 1.2 billion hectares, of which, in order to harvest...

In April 2019, Segezha Group raised prices for plywood products for the first time

April 30, 2019 ` 12:00  
Segezha Group’s entry into new markets, the onset of the construction season, the active development of multi-storey construction in Asia and the middle East has allowed the company in April this year to raise prices for a number...

In the Khabarovsk territory it will be a new enterprise for processing low-grade wood

April 29, 2019 ` 14:00  
The project involves the use of more than 3 million m3 of low-grade wood and wood waste with further export of finished products to China. Junling (China Forestry Group Corporation), which is one of the largest corporations in...

WhatWood: the tremendous increase in the volume of wood in 2018 led to the imbalance of supply and demand of timber on the domestic market of Russia

The consultant of WhatWood agency Marina Zotova made a report on «Forest balance of Russia» in the conference «Timber & sawn wood market», organized by MaxConference on the 25th of April  in Moscow. The volume of timber harvesting in...

Belarusian woodworking enterprises increased supplies to China to $12.1 million

April 27, 2019 ` 18:00  
Enterprises of the concern “Bellesbumprom” significantly increased exports to China, according to the corporate press service. In Q1 2019, the concern’s enterprises shipped products to the Chinese market for $12.1 million, which significantly exceeds the level of exports...