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The Ministry of natural resources of Russia has developed a mechanism for priority obtaining of forest resources by Russian enterprises

March 13, 2019 ` 16:00  
This was reported by the press service of the Ministry on March 12, 2019. A special feature of the new procedure for the provision of forest plots is that wood processing enterprises are no longer traded at auction...

Segezha Group certifies deliveries and logging on FSC and PEFC systems

March 13, 2019 ` 14:00  
In 2018 all businesses Segezha Group (part of AFK “Sistema”) confirmed the compliance of its activities to the requirements of the voluntary forest certification according to FSC scheme (FSC-C133272). About it reported in a press release sent months...

Three years of Segezha Group sent to charitable projects 75 million rubles

March 12, 2019 ` 19:00  
It is reported by the corporate press service. In 2018 Segezha Group was allocated 25 million rubles for the implementation of charitable projects. Last year the timber group of companies Segezha Group (part of AFK “Sistema”) directed to...

UK: Brexit deal may affect the dynamics of the softwood lumber market in 2019

March 12, 2019 ` 16:00  
Last week held a conference on the trade of pine wood, which is organized annually by the Trade Federation’s forests (Timber Trade Federation, TTF). Experts shared their views on the development of the coniferous wood market in the...

USA: In January 2019, US housing starts climbed 18.6 %

March 11, 2019 ` 19:00  
On March 08, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that in January 2019, the number of new home mortgages in the United States increased by 18.6%, after a decline observed in December last year, which exceeded the...

Büttner will supply a second drying line for Norbord’s OSB plant in Scotland

March 11, 2019 ` 16:00  
The Canada-based Norbord OSB-manufacturing company will be installing a second drying line at its plant in Inverness, Scotland.  The order for the supply of a new drying line OSB and power plant was received by the company Büttner,...

By the end of May 2019, the Swanson Group sawmill in Oregon will be shut down

March 10, 2019 ` 14:00  
The Swanson Group has announced that it will permanently close its sawmill in Glendale, Oregon, which has been operated by the Swanson family since 1951. Back in October 2018, the company said that from March 04, 2019, the...

Investment project to create a new woodworking shop is being implemented in Bashkortostan

March 9, 2019 ` 16:00  
This was reported by the press service of the head of Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov on March 01, 2019. In the village of Aleksandrovka Karaidel district LLC “Luch” implements an investment project for wood processing. The new workshop will...

In January and February 2019, the logging of the timber industry enterprises of GC “Titan” has exceeded 700 thousand cubic meters

March 9, 2019 ` 14:00  
As reported by the press service of GC “Titan”, since the beginning of 2019, the enterprises of the General supplier of timber for Arkhangelsk PPM – GC” Titan ” harvested 715.2 thousand m³ of wood, which is 203.1...

Pölkky Oy invests 30 million euros in the modernization of the sawmill in Kajaani

March 8, 2019 ` 16:00  
Pölkky Oy announced the start of a major investment program focused on increasing production capacity in Northern Finland, according to a press release from the company. The investment program is carried out in accordance with the new strategy...

In January 2019, the share of export of Russian timber and pulp and paper products amounted to 3.1 %

March 8, 2019 ` 14:00  
According to the Federal customs service of the Russian Federation on March 07, 2019, the share of exports of timber and pulp and paper products in January 2019 amounted to 3.1% (in January 2018-2.8%). In the commodity structure...

UPM continues preparations for the construction of a new world-class pulp mill in Uruguay

March 7, 2019 ` 19:00  
UPM sales in 2018 increased by 5% and comparative EBIT by 17%. About it reports a press-service of the company. According to UPM President and CEO Jussi Pesonen, ” 2018 was a record year for UPM. Despite the...