Tag: Finland

Russia provided explanations to Finland regarding roundwood haulage by the Saimaa Canal

The comment regarding Decree of the Russian Government (which is excluding roundwood haulage stations, specifically the Saimaa Canal, from the list as of November 1, 2021) was given by Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the...

Roundwood prices in Finland increased in June 2021

Trade of roundwood in Finland non-industrial private forests continued to be exceptionally active in June, with 8.2 million m³ of roundwood purchased by the forest industry. The volume of roundwood trade during in 1H 2021 was 57% higher...

Junnikkala to build new sawmill in Finland

Finnish Junnikkala is preparing for a big investment that will launch the construction of a modern sawmill unit in Oulu, Finland. Construction will begin in 2022 and will be finished by the end of 2023. €70 million investment...

Russian Timber Journal 04-2021: Possible scenarios of Russia’s unprocessed wood balance after imposing a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs; a state company for roundwood export will be established in Russia by the end of 2021; Segezha Group announces pricing of IPO and listing on Moscow Exchange; the European Commission published tentative anti-dumping duties for Russian producers of birch plywood

Russian Timber Journal 04-2021: WhatWood agency about possible scenarios of Russia’s unprocessed wood balance after imposing a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs; Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy in the Far East, declared that...

Luke: Finland increased forest industry products exports by 10% in January-February 2021

The exports value of forest industry products totalled € 0.89 billion in February 2021. In January-February 2021 the exports value totalled in real terms € 1.73 billion and increased from same period previous year by a tenth (deflated...

Finland increased logging in February 2021

In February 2021, 6.0 million m³ of roundwood was harvested for use by the forest industries in Finland. This removal volume was up 28% from the previous year and 7% up from the ten-year February average. Sawlogs accounted...

Stora Enso launches plan to permanently close pulp and paper production at mills in Kvarnsveden and Veitsiluoto

Stora Enso will enter into co-determination negotiations with employees at the mills in Kvarnsveden in Sweden and Veitsiluoto in Finland regarding a plan to permanently close the pulp and paper production at both plants. The planned closures would...

Unscheduled stops at two UPM pulp mills in Finland

The tightness that can be witnessed on the European pulp market has been aggravated after two pulp mills of UPM had to temporarily stop production. Due to technical problems, UPM had to suspend production at two Finnish pulp...

Metsä Fibre going ahead with € 1.6 billion Kemi bioproduct mill investment

Metsä Fibre, part of Finland-headed forest industry major Metsä Group, has announced that it has made the investment decision to build a new bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland. The value of the investment is € 1.6 billion and...

Russian Timber Journal 12-2020: Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki, on the implications of the roundwood export ban being introduced from 2022 onwards; Luzales plans to build an MDF plant worth 5 billion rubles; the Ministry of Industry and Trade may introduce a temporary ban on the export of particleboards from Russia; analysis of the current situation in the particleboard, laminated particleboard, MDF market

Russian Timber Journal 12-2020: WhatWood interviewed Mr. Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki, about the ban on the export of unprocessed timber to be introduced from 2022; Luzales agreed on the conditions for the construction of an MDF...

Luke: Finland reduces forest industry products export in January-October 2020

In January-October 2020, the exports value of forest industry products totalled in real terms € 8.60 billion. Compared to the same period previous year the exports value decreased by 16% (deflated using wholesale price index). In January-October 2020,...

Roundwood prices rise in Finland

The price of logs kept increasing in standing sales in November 2020. The average price for pine logs was € 56.2 per m³ and the price for spruce logs was € 60.6 per m³. This was 3-5% more...