Russian Timber Group to build a 95,000 t pellet mill
May 24, 2014 ` 19:30
Russian Timber Group plans the construction of a plant for pellet production with capacity of 95 thousand tonnes per year in the village of Novaya Igirma (Irkutsk region). Pellet plant will be built on the existing site of...
RusForest announced first shipment of pellets from Arkhangelsk LDK-3 mill
May 10, 2014 ` 13:29
RusForest recently shipped more than 6,000 tonnes of wood pellets produced at the company’s LDK-3 mill in Arkhangelsk. The pellets are expected to be used as fuel for a European coal-fired power plant. The pellet mill passed the...
Conference on biomass to be held on 19 June in St. Petersburg
May 10, 2014 ` 13:28
On June 19, 2014, the pavilion 6-2 in the exhibition complex Lenexpo, St. Petersburg, will host a conference “Energy from biomass: boiler-houses and thermal power station on biofuels, the production of pellets, briquettes, and biogas in Russia and...
Participants of “Foresight: Wooden house-building 2030 gains momentum” to discuss the industry in three sessions
May 10, 2014 ` 13:18
The participants of the project “Foresight: Wooden house-building 2030 gains momentum” will gather on 6, 15 and 28 May at three discussion sessions to talk about the frame technology in housing construction, architecture of wooden houses and usage...
Timber exports from Russia to China through Suifenhe sharply increased in Q1
April 25, 2014 ` 14:02
In January-March 2014, a sharp increase was registered in the imports of wood from Russia through the border town of Suifenhe (Heilongjiang province), as Xinhua agency reported. Deliveries of roundwood increased by 38% year-on-year up to 990 thousand...
Sveza does not exclude growth of prices for Russian plywood
April 25, 2014 ` 13:57
Sveza Group does not exclude growth of prices for Russian-made plywood, as said in the press release of the company. The appreciation of plywood can be triggered by two factors: wood shortage and price growth, as well as...
WhatWood editor will report on Russian wood & timber industry at Global Wood Industry Forum in Guangzhou
April 15, 2014 ` 00:51
Wood Guangzhou arrangers announced the list of speakers at the Global Wood Industry Forum 2014 which will be held concurrently with the fair on May 12-14, 2014. WhatWood analytic agency editor Kirill Baranov will report on the Russian...
AFK Sistema officially announced its purchase of Investlesprom holding
April 15, 2014 ` 01:01
Vladimir Yevtushenkov’s Sistema group of companies officially announced acquisition of Investlesprom assets on April 4. It is one of the largest timber industry companies in Russia. Legal completion of the transaction requires the consent of the antimonopoly authorities,...
Far Eastern timber producers ask Vanino port to raise quotas for timber cargoes
March 26, 2014 ` 22:46
Timber companies of the Russian Far East were not ready to change logistics centre after the change of ownership at Vanino port, as Far Eastern newspaper Zolotoy Rog reported. The Chairman of Dalexportles association, General Director of Smena...
WhatWood: Pulpwood trade balance and logging cost structure in North-West Russia
March 14, 2014 ` 23:54
Pulpwood balance in Vologda region is around +3.14 million m3, according to estimations of WhatWood analysts that were published in the special section of Russian Forest Industry Annual Review 2013. This is the highest rate among North-West Russia...
Investlesprom: wooden housing market in Russia rose by 30% in 2013
March 15, 2014 ` 00:01
In 2013, Investlesprom holding has reduced deliveries of plywood to the European market that fell into crisis and refocused on the domestic market (up to 60% of the total deliveries), which boosted company’s revenues, as said in the...
Dissolving pulp and second-generation biofuel: Solombalales presented an innovative investment project
March 15, 2014 ` 00:04
Solombalales company presented its investment project at the session of the Russian Chamber of Commerce. Chairman of the Council on strategic development of Solombalales Nikolai Lvov noted that the project is in the stage of concept development and...