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Lumber production in Russia fell 2.6% to 10.2m m3 in the first half of 2013

July 24, 2013 ` 04:14  
In the first half-year, lumber production in Russia declined by 2.6% year-on-year down to 10.2 million m3. Plywood production increased by 3.8% to 1.7 million m3, fibreboard production declined by 9.8% to 202 million nominal m2. Paper output...

UPM sells Pestovo sawmill in Russia to Lesnaya Innovacionnaya Kompanya LLC

July 24, 2013 ` 04:10  
UPM has signed an agreement on the sale of Pestovo sawmill with Lesnaya Innovacionnaya Kompanya (LIK) LLC, as the Finnish company said in a press release. The parties have agreed not to disclose the sales price. UPM announced...

Lithuanian VMG to build another woodworking complex in Belarus

July 19, 2013 ` 17:45  
Lithuanian company VMG is going to build another woodworking complex in Belarus, as Belta agency reported quoting head of the VMG board Sigitas Paulauskas. On July 10, Mogilev special economic zone saw opening ceremony of the complex which...

Softwood lumber exports to Egypt

July 18, 2013 ` 17:20  
An insight into an important sales market of Russian lumber producers in today’s infographics. More details are published in the recent WhatWood Weekly issue. Russia competes mainly with Sweden and Finland on the Egyptian lumber market. Recently, due...

Capital investments into Russian forest industry fell 17.4% in 1Q 2013

July 18, 2013 ` 05:25  
Volume of capital investments into Russian forest industry in the first quarter of the year shrank by 17.4% to RUR 20.5 billion. In the pulp & paper sector, Irkutsk region was the leader. Here, large project of Ilim...

Finnish company Satorak Oy to invest €20 billion in Russian forest industry

July 10, 2013 ` 03:06  
Finnish company Satorak Oy is going to invest €20 billion into logging and woodworking capacities in Russia within ten years, as Omsk regional press reports. An affiliate company of Satorak, ADS Finland, which was established for doing foreign...

Krono Group to invest into chipboard mill in Perm region

July 10, 2013 ` 02:55  
Perm region authorities and Krono Group hold negotiations on chipboard mill construction, as Kommersant paper reports quoting a source in regional government. Swiss Krono Group owns one mill in Russia, Kronostar in Kostroma region which produced 537,200 m3...

Ministry for Nature prepared bioenergy stimulation plan

July 4, 2013 ` 01:34  
Russian government approved the plan on stimulation of renewable wood resources utilization in heat and power generation. Development of this industry will require changes in the legislation and will be tested in five Russian regions, according to Russian...

Russian pellets on the global market

June 26, 2013 ` 20:35  
New piece of visual graphics tells about sales markets for Russian pellets. Detailed review of export and comparative import prices for pellets from different countries on key markets for Russia is presented in #74 WhatWood Weekly issue. In...

DOTS to sell pellets to Denmark

June 26, 2013 ` 20:28  
DOTS company (Bryansk region) will launch new pellet plant in October 2013, as gorodbryansk.info reported. The company produces hardwood lumber from oak, maple and ash, parquet, window frames and doors. The production is already waste-free, as the company...

AFK Sistema holds negotiations to acquire Investlesprom from VTB bank

June 26, 2013 ` 20:26  
AFK Sistema holds negotiations with VTB bank to acquire Investlesprom holding, one of the largest Russian forest industry companies, as RBK St. Petersburg agency said quoting major Sistema’s shareholder Vladimir Evtushenkov. He said the value of the deal...

Lumber imports to Japan: volumes and prices

June 20, 2013 ` 02:48  
Today’s infographics is dedicated to the market of imported softwood lumber in Japan: major commodity streams and price dynamics are presented. You can learn more on Japanese lumber import volumes and prices for planed and non-planed lumber of...